Opinion summary on Volokh
I'd need to digest it further to understand what's going on but the state lost at the 9th panel, so we know an en banc will be called for a complete reversal.
So there's a wonderful blurb about some of these activities being constitutionally protected in the document.
And instructions to trace any personally made firearm encountered as if it were a machine gun should it not have a serial number.
I bet we see a huge rise in "machine gun"...
Here you go
The important ones:
Chipman did a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything when he was with Giffords a year ago in the very left-leaning /r/Politics. Attached are some of his comments.
Higher res version:
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/21a0070p-06.pdf] opinion here
"Because an agency’s interpretation of a criminal statute is not entitled to Chevron deference and because the ATF’s Final Rule is not the best interpretation of § 5845(b), we REVERSE the district court’s judgment and...
So Distributed Defense was happily carrying on their business in Texas, when the NJ AG sent them a cease & desist order from NJ. DD's business is 3d printed gun files, distributed for free or nominal cost, to anyone who wants one. NJ declared in the C&D that distributing such files could cause...
Started by this incident in 2017 in West Virginia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FidBe0w0dCU
A loss at the federal district court in March 2020
At the 4th Circuit:
Opening brief filed by the pedestrian, Scribd version of the brief available
Putnam County responds
Case accepted for oral...
Did anyone get their Nov 2020 production gun yet?
I got the letter back in Sept that the shop closed due to a COVID outbreak, but I expected them to be back up and running quickly.
Should I get the tripod? Is it worth it, or should I just use a bipod and a sandbag?
What about the...
A Friday surprise!
Nov 20 2020 Petition GRANTED.
SCOTUSBlog commentary on the grant:
Supreme Court docket
From the petition, the only mention of the 2A in the entire SCOTUS filing:
Distributed Defense and SAF are currently fighting to maintain standing at the 9th Circuit.
DD/SAF brief on standing
DD/SAF brief on merits
I'm trying to find WA's briefs, but no luck.
Docket
Is there an list of changes MSP considers to render a firearm not to be a copy of a listed rifle or pistol when making a new receiver?
For example, changing the magazine type (making something use Glock mags vs a proprietary mag), or using a different set of fire control parts (an AK...
10th Circuit panel opinion with no dissent, I cannot find any evidence of an en banc request and the panel opinion was just issued in October.
Supreme Court docket
Petition for cert
Response due from the Solicitor General on 19 February.
I bet the SG waives their response and cert...
Decision here
"because the carrying of a concealed firearm is not itself illegal in West Virginia, and because the circumstances did not otherwise provide an objective basis for inferring danger, we must conclude that the officer who frisked Robinson lacked reasonable suspicion that Robinson...
MADISON, Wis. —*People living in the United States illegally have a constitutional right to bear arms but are still barred from doing so by a separate law, a federal appeals court ruled.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling Thursday in a case...
Not many details yet on Congress.gov but the title is "To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State." We'll have to wait until the text of the bill is available to see if a MD...
Josh Blackman has details
Cliff notes:
Federal district court found lawful permanent resident aliens are covered by both equal protection and 2A, and must be given the same access to the acquisition permitting system as citizens. The ruling is restricted to solely legal aliens and not illegals.