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Supreme Court Weighs Drug-User Gun Ban as Justices Question History-Only Defense

Pointed questioning exposed the strain of relying on founding-era analogies to justify modern drug-user gun bans.

Massachusetts High Court Weighs Challenge to Under-21 Handgun Licensing Ban

Supreme Court Probes Hawaii’s ‘Vampire Rule,’ Questioning Black Codes as Historical Support

Fourth Circuit Upholds Most of Maryland Gun-Carry Limits, Strikes Private-Property Provision

Supreme Court Takes Case Testing Gun Ban for Unlawful Drug Users

NRA Sues to Block California’s New Ban on Convertible Glock-Style Pistols

7th Circuit Weighs Illinois Assault-Weapon Ban as Trump DOJ Backs Challengers

7th Circuit Upholds Illinois Ban on Guns on Public Transit

Gun-Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court To Take Up Cook County Assault-Weapons Ban

Appeals Court Halts New Mexico’s 7-Day Gun Waiting Period in 2–1 Ruling

Federal Judge Backs Rhode Island’s 'Need' Requirement for Open Carry

9th Circuit Strikes Down California’s Ammunition Background Check Law

Supreme Court Declines to Review Assault-Weapon and High-Capacity Magazine Bans

Federal Court Upholds California Ban on Large-Capacity Gun Magazines

Supreme Court Declines Gun Law Challenges in Maryland and Delaware

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Hawaii Gun Licensing Challenge

Illinois Gun Ban Temporarily Upheld by Federal Appeals Court

Federal Judge Overturns Illinois Assault Weapons Ban

Supreme Court Unlikely to Address Assault Weapons Ban Soon

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Maryland's Assault Weapons Ban