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On September 30, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a critical decision in Firearms Policy Coalition v. Attorney General Pam Bondi. In that…
A Turning Point in Massachusetts Firearms Law — Westbrook v. Pratt Heads to the SJC A Historic Step Forward for 2nd Amendment Rights in Massachusetts On September 17, 2025, the…
Appellate and trial courts across the country have been consistently repeating language from the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) cases Bruen and Heller for the proposition that states, like Massachusetts, requiring…
As of the most recent updates, “may issue” concealed carry licensing — where the issuing authority has discretion to approve or deny a permit even if the applicant meets all…
Attorney William Smith has filed pleadings asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) to hear his major case raising the issue of the constitutionality of the Massachusetts Gun Licensing Law-…
Lawson v. Campbell Could Be a Turning Point for Gun Rights in Massachusetts The battle for the Second Amendment has taken a new front in Massachusetts. On August 13, 2025,…
A recent decision this month out of California has sent shockwaves through the gun rights community — and for good reason. In Boland v. Bonta, U.S. District Judge Cormac J.…
Attorney Smith has appealed the Hampden County Superior Court’s decision overturning the District Court’s order that a man who was convicted of nothing, Randy Westbrook, be issued a firearms license.…
Posted July 15, 2025 When New York passed its sweeping “public nuisance” law in 2021 targeting the firearms industry, it was immediately seen by gun-rights advocates as a legal Trojan…
In a major win for gun rights advocates and defenders of the Constitution, a federal judge in California has struck down the state’s ban on concealed carry permits for nonresidents.…
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