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 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
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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
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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
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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
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has a bad habit of forgetting it isn’t part of the legislative branch of government, and trying… Read More
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It seems that many gun control activists want to take your guns so badly that they’re willing to take your voice, too. And increasingly, the… Read More
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It’s not every day that a pro-Second Amendment group gets a resounding victory at the Supreme Court, with a unanimous opinion authored by a justice… Read More
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It should be painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that the Biden administration distrusts an armed civilian population and is willing to fudge the truth… Read More
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It’s an open secret that the Biden administration disdains lawful civilian gun owners almost as much as it does the lawful gun industry. But in… Read More
