Outside the Beltway

Force and order.

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

A nuanced take on a complicated set of facts distorted in the public debate.

For the first tine in nearly ten years, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Second Amendment rights.

Washington has become the latest state to ban the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles to persons under 21.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down part of a Hawaii law barring open carry of weapons, but this win for gun rights advocates may turn out to be short-lived.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept yet another Second Amendment case for review, continuing a streak that goes back some eight years.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

If a law enforcement officer with 30 years of experience can’t stop an active school shooter, what makes anyone think a teacher with a gun can?

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

Continuing a pattern that has gone on for eight years now, the Supreme Court has declined to hear another appeal regarding a Second Amendment challenge to state gun control laws.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear yet another Second Amendment case.

The District of Columbia has decided not to risk an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down its restrictive concealed-carry law.

A Federal Appeals Court has declined to review a panel decision striking down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the District of Columbia’s restrictive concealed-carry law.

The Supreme Court has once again declined to hear an appeal in a Second Amendment case.

Judge Gorsuch is now Justice Gorsuch and it’s time to hit the ground running.

A big setback for one of the most restrictive Voter ID Laws in the country.

Continuing a pattern that began six years ago, the Supreme Court has again declined to hear an appeal in a case involving a challenge to state gun control laws.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals deals a setback to the gun rights movement.

The gun control regulations to be announced later today by President Obama later today amount to far less than the hype would lead you to believe.

The Supreme Court has declined to accept an appeal challenging a law barring certain types of so-called ‘assault weapons’ in a Chicago suburb.

Two new polls show that political efforts to enact more stringent gun control at the national level are not likely to succeed.

In a setback for the gun rights movement, the Supreme Court has let stand a San Francisco law that places tough restrictions on handgun ownership.