A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of seven individual plaintiffs and four gun rights groups challenging California’s recently-enacted large capacity magazine ban/confiscation scheme. Prior to the passage of SB 1446 last year and voter approval of Prop. 63 in November, Californians could possess large capacity magazines if they owned them before January 1, 2000, when the …
The National Rifle Association and other pro-liberty groups have filed a 33-page civil complaint that challenges the constitutionality of the Bay State’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” which is one of the worst-attempts we’ve seen of ignorant politicians attempting to ban something they don’t understand . The Massachusetts chapter of the National Rifle Association has sued Governor Charlie …
Three years ago a 30-year-old mentally ill man fatally shot a California woman as she admired a scenic view on the Oregon coast, using one of three weapons acquired by the killer’s mother from gun dealers. The family of the dead woman, 57-year-old Kirsten Englund, filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year against two gun dealers who sold the firearms and against the …