Category: Explainer

(Words 1200) Just what the title says, a number of cases with either short histories or simply where the are in the process. National Rifle Association v. Commissioner, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, 21-12314, (11th Cir.) Suit filed in March 2018, Eleventh Circuit court 2 judge panel hears oral arguments heard March 24, 2022. On…

Hopefully, a short one. 4473 and the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended All of us have had the pleasure of filling out a form 4473, waiting for some bureaucrat decides that we are good enough to exercise our right to keep and bear arms, and finally give us permission. Most of form 4473…

B.L.U.F. What was supposed to be a short article regarding why we see “self-defense” in so many challenges turned into a 5000-word article covering the opening statements of the NFA hearings in 1934 plus random musings on yelling fire and other historical legal stuff. If you get anything out of this, please at least click…

Ronald Koons v. Attorney General New Jersey, 23-1900, (3rd Cir.): the state has requested a stay on the injunction issued against the New Jersey Bruen response legislation. All filings were in by May 30th. We are now waiting to see if the Circuit Court grants cert. If they do, then oral arguments will be scheduled.…

Our system of law is based on the concept of “Common Law”. What this means, in short, is that the law is the same everywhere it applies. A federal law applies the same way in all parts of the US. A state law applies the same way throughout that state. It also means that how…

B.L.U.F. — What’s with all these court cases and what does it all mean in the grand scheme of things? How Come We Have To Work So Hard At This? If everything was as it should be, when the Bruen Court issued their opinion all of the states would have looked at the laws they…