Gun rights groups challenge Maine's new firearm waiting period
1 day ago · Gun rights advocacy groups in Maine are taking legal action to challenge and overturn a newly implemented 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases, claiming it infringes on constitutional rights.
Supreme Court sides with NRA in free speech ruling that curbs ...
May 30, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously backed the National Rifle Association in a First Amendment ruling that could make it harder for state regulators to pressure advocacy groups.
Supreme Court dodges new fights over gun rights - POLITICO
Jul 3, 2024 · The Supreme Court on Tuesday steered clear of two high-profile fights over gun rights, even as one justice warned that the court would have to wade back into the issue soon.
Gun groups sue to overturn Maine's new three-day waiting …
1 day ago · Updated 12:22 PM PST, November 13, 2024. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of gun groups has filed a lawsuit claiming that Maine’s new 72-hour waiting period for firearms purchases is unconstitutional and seeking an injunction stopping its enforcement pending the outcome of the case. The lawsuit filed on behalf of five individuals contends ...
Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided | AP News
Jun 23, 2022 · The Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a major expansion of gun rights.
Supreme Court allows the carrying of firearms in public in major ...
Jun 23, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Constitution provides a right to carry a gun outside the home, issuing a major decision on the meaning of the Second Amendment. The 6-3...
Gun Rights Groups Work to Defeat Gun Control Proposals | TIME
Jun 3, 2022 · Gun rights groups expect Republicans in Congress will kill the proposals, but would likely sue to block them if needed.
Gun rights advocates file lawsuit against Maine's 3-day waiting …
1 day ago · Maine gun rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new waiting period law for most gun purchases. One of the plaintiffs' attorneys was part of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Bruen decision that established a new test for evaluating the constitutionality of firearm ...
Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban
Sep 30, 2022 · HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Gun rights groups' lawsuits seek stronger Second Amendment …
Feb 22, 2022 · Gun rights groups are mounting a wave of federal lawsuits that challenge local, state and federal restrictions on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. And they're winning.