Justice Thomas' concurrence highlights a massive loophole in the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). The law lets plaintiffs sue gun companies if they "knowingly violated a State or Federal statute" tied to firearm sales or marketing, but the court is...
A copy of the Supreme Court's decision in the VanDerStok case is available here. This case was a regulatory issue, not a Constitutional question. This was not a Second Amendment case. The decision contains some positive news as well as some negative news. On the...
The Crime Prevention Research Center joined the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California State Sheriff's Association, and the California Association of Highway Patrolmen in putting this Amicus brief together, though I suspect that most people...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics on the Supreme Court's case that will be heard in oral arguments today. How certain should we be that someone did something wrong before they lose their right to own a gun? Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a...
Kerry Slone, CPRC's director of education, has her first piece at the Wall Street Journal on an important Supreme Court case that will have oral arguments on Tuesday. . You wouldn’t want to live next door to Zackey Rahimi. According to court documents, he...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist on a Supreme Court decision on Monday. . The lower the threshold for taking away a person’s guns, the more likely it is that guns will be taken away from innocent people. . The Supreme Court has now received all the...
On Tuesday, November 8th, U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby paused most of New York's new concealed carry law is unconstitutional. Among the parts of the law he paused: proof of "good moral character" and a list of social media accounts and family contacts. He also...
So who is going to decide if someone holds "radical" views? Democrats are claiming that people who believe that there is significant vote fraud are "anti-Democratic." Are they too radical? “I’ve called upon and am working closely with our Attorney General to identify...
The fees to get a concealed handgun permit in New York City will still be extremely high. We went on their website on Wednesday, August 24th, after they had issued their new concealed handgun regulations, and the fee for handgun licenses is still $340 for the initial...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece up at The Federalist on New York defying the Supreme Court decision in Bruen. The Supreme Court has ruled against arbitrary and unfair permitting processes, but New York officials seem intent on dragging their heels. .New York’s new...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to vacate lower court rulings in several gun rights cases and remand them back to lower courts for review “in light of” last week’s landmark 6-3 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen. Among these cases...
New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their ‘character and conduct’ under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature. The provision was part of a proposed...