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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Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to a Hawaii gun law that renders concealed carry permits in that state practically… Read More
SocietyCommentary
After a transgender gunman targeted a Minneapolis Catholic school last month, killing two and wounding nearly two dozen others, gun control advocates predictably doubled down… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last week, just days into the new school year, a 23-year-old transgender gunman targeted a Minneapolis Catholic school that he used to attend, opening fire… Read More
LawCommentary
At the end of July, tragedy struck New York City when a deeply troubled Nevada man drove across the country to a Park Avenue office… Read More
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At the end of July, a Nevada man drove across the country to a Manhattan commercial high-rise building, where he fatally shot four people before… Read More
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Just minutes into a special Vacation Bible School Sunday service at CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, on June 22, parishioners found their morning worship… Read More
LawCommentary
Last week, the Supreme Court declined to review a 4th U.S. Circuit Court opinion upholding the constitutionality of Maryland’s ban on the possession of certain… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last week, in a unanimous opinion in a case called Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit filed… Read More
LawCommentary
This week, the Supreme Court tossed out the Mexican government’s lawsuit against seven major U.S. gun manufacturers, holding that a federal statute called the Protection… Read More
LawAnalysis
Last week, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Trump v. CASA, Inc., a case that stems from President Donald Trump’s January executive order on… Read More
SecurityNews
In a 2022 case called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court affirmed that ordinary Americans have a right to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Just before Easter weekend, a 20-year-old student opened fire inside Florida State University’s student union, killing two and wounding six others before being shot and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that might prove to be one of the most significant actions ever taken by any administration… Read More
LawCommentary
As wildfires raged last month in California, tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, often with just minutes of warning. To… Read More
LawAnalysis
Few of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have caused as much alarm as the one on birthright citizenship. That order prohibits federal agencies from issuing or… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
One of the most controversial of the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in the hours after being sworn in was his order on… Read More
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As 2024 drew to a close, examples abounded of ordinary Americans whose Second Amendment rights proved to be the ultimate defense against criminals. While the… Read More
It’s increasingly clear that gun control activism thrives on ignorance about the nature of crime and the importance of the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, far too… Read More
LawCommentary
President-elect Donald Trump has once again promised to “end birthright citizenship” for the U.S.-born children of illegal and nonimmigrant aliens. But can he do this… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If a recent survey is any indication, significant numbers of American voters are shockingly ill-informed about the reality of gun violence. The survey—conducted by RMG… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Major gun control groups are already lamenting the outcome of the Nov. 5 election, decrying the results as detrimental to public safety. In reality, though,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In an interview last month with talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, Vice President Kamala Harris once again played up her status as a gun owner, emphatically… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It’s hard to reconcile Vice President Kamala Harris’ friendly overtures to gun owners with the footage that recently emerged of a 2007 press conference in… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Donald Trump by all accounts survived another assassination attempt earlier this month when Secret Service agents engaged a rifle-wielding man lying in wait in bushes… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A 14-year-old boy with a history of troubling behavior used a semiautomatic rifle to shoot and kill two fellow students and two teachers Sept. 6… Read More
LawCommentary
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland’s ban on so-called assault weapons earlier this month, likely setting the stage for the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Vice President Kamala Harris just announced her selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in the Nov. 5 presidential election. As governor,… Read More
SocietyNews
Almost immediately after a gunman tried to kill Donald Trump as he spoke July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, gun control zealots… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A 20-year-old man with a rifle, perched atop a nearby roof, fired several rounds July 13 at Donald Trump as the former president spoke at… Read More
After a string of consecutive victories at the Supreme Court, Second Amendment advocates suffered their first major setback Friday, failing for the first time since… Read More
