Rulings, petitions and arguments shaping the right to keep and bear arms, from the Supreme Court to state high courts. Every article is dated and links its sources. Court cases move quickly, so check the linked sources and the courts’ own dockets for the latest status. Nothing here is legal advice. We support constitutional rights and do not condone breaking the law or violence; read our position.
Cook County and Connecticut defend their rifle bans on December 2 in the first case in which the Court will decide whether AR-15-style rifles are protected arms.
A 6–3 ruling says states cannot make licensed carry presumptively illegal on private property open to the public unless the owner says yes.
Every justice agreed a Texas marijuana user could not be prosecuted for owning a pistol, but the ruling leaves most of the federal law standing.
The full Third Circuit ruled 10–5 that the bans are unconstitutional, then put its own ruling on hold while New Jersey asks the justices to step in.
October brought rulings upholding Massachusetts’ age-21 carry rule and Maine’s waiting period, a New York body-armor decision, and a growing stack of felon-ban appeals.