Amy Swearer is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
View all authorsLawCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
LawCommentary
It’s been well over a decade since the Supreme Court last decided a meaningful Second Amendment case. That wait is about to end. Although District… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Just a little over halfway through its first 100 days, the Biden administration has made it very clear where it stands on the Second Amendment,… Read More
