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The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stay the lower court ruling. Justice Clarence Thomas noted in the order that he would have granted the application to [...]

Senior US District Judge Roger T. Benitez declared Califonia’s assault weapon ban unconstitutional on Thursday because it violates the right to bear arms enumerated in the US Constitution’s Second Amendment. The case is in the US District Court for the Southern District of California. The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, [...]

The US Supreme Court blocked a lower court order Monday that would have prevented the ATF from enforcing its rule against partially assembled firearms and “weapons parts kits,” commonly known as “ghost guns.” The legal issue concerns an ATF rule promulgated in August 2022 which categorized partially manufactured firearms and “weapon parts kits”, which can [...]

Matthew Hedges, a British academic and researcher, was arrested and accused of espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in May 2018. There were allegations that Hedges was tortured while in detention. According to reports, he was subjected to solitary confinement, physical assault, prolonged interrogation and denial of basic rights during his imprisonment. The UAE [...]

A UN independent commission stated on Tuesday that there is “already clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed” by “all sides” in the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said that anyone who has broken international law “must be [...]

Proponents of fair congressional maps breathed a sigh of relief this past June when the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Allen v. Milligan. The decision was in many ways unremarkable: a conventional application of the Court’s precedents involving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Enacted to protect the voting rights of [...]

Thai police arrested four suspects Thursday in connection with a shooting in a Bangkok mall that killed two and injured five. The suspects are accused of illegally modifying guns and selling them to a 14-year-old boy who then opened fire at a shopping center called Siam Paragon Mall Tuesday. Yala Police arrested two of the [...]

A man was shot Thursday in Espanola, New Mexico during a protest over the reinstallation of a statute of the conquistador Juan de Onate, who massacred and enslaved the Acoma Indigenous people in 1599. Juan de Onate was eventually charged with using “excessive force” against the Acoma people. According to the New Mexico State Police [...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than 20 bills into law concerning guns on Tuesday. The new laws cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to, an increase in taxes, requirements for gun dealers, waiting periods, criminal penalties, individuals prohibited from owning firearms and safety materials. Specifically, Assembly Bill (AB) 1598 requires a [...]

A US district judge struck down on Friday a California ban limiting gun magazines to ten rounds. In the decision, US District Judge Roger Benitez stated that the state’s prohibition of high-capacity magazines was a violation of the US Constitution’s Second Amendment and “clearly unconstitutional.” In defense of the ban, California offered two main positions. [...]