Justice Department threatens lawsuits over state gun laws
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The dismissal leaves his Central Texas Gun Works without protections from debt collections tied to $2.9 million in liabilities.
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a Second Amendment challenge to the gun laws in Connecticut and Cook County, Ill., that ban most semiautomatic assault weapons.
The Supreme Court has been hearing multiple gun-rights cases as it further defines the reach of the Second Amendment.
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In 2 landmark decisions, the Supreme Court expands gun rights for concealed carry holders and casual drug users
Two Supreme Court rulings in June 2026 reinforced the trend toward broad gun rights under the Second Amendment, overriding attempts to limit concealed carry and to punish the ownership of guns by drug users.
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled for gun rights and against drug laws in a flip of longstanding federal law that prohibited drug users from possessing a gun.
The justices cast a blow against a federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from possessing firearms. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was convicted under the same law.
Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico expressed his support for a gun licensing system, mandated safety standards for handguns and a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms in a rarely-seen 2020 webinar recording.
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii gun law 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez as Jackson's dissent on Black Codes draws sharp criticism from gun rights groups.
