Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
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The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month in a major Second Amendment case challenging New York’s restrictive framework for approving concealed carry permits. During… Read More
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the first significant Second Amendment case the court has taken up in over a decade. Although the… Read More
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The Biden administration last month filed a brief encouraging the Supreme Court to uphold New York City’s de facto ban preventing ordinary citizens from carrying… Read More
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President Joe Biden last week withdrew his nomination of prominent gun control activist David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives…. Read More
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The Mexican government announced a lawsuit earlier this month against several high-profile U.S. gun manufacturers. Mexico accuses the U.S. companies of “negligent practices” it claims… Read More
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently issued a “first in the nation” executive order on gun violence, declaring it a “disaster emergency” in his state… Read More
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Whenever criminals harm someone with firearms, many gun control advocates use the violence as an argument to disarm ordinary, peaceable Americans. Indeed, this is precisely… Read More
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When President Joe Biden released his plan in February to tackle gun violence, he also announced the nomination of David Chipman to head the Bureau… Read More
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When President Joe Biden announced a plan in mid-February to “tackle gun violence,” he said he would direct the Justice Department to issue new regulations… Read More
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Late last month, President Joe Biden used his first address to a joint session of Congress to push for major gun control initiatives, often using… Read More
