Concealed and Open Carry under the Second Amendment Archives
Concealed and Open Carry under the Second Amendment

06/26/2014: Federal judge upheld Colorado gun control laws

04/23/2014: Georgia governor signed bill expanding gun carry rights

03/31/2014: Federal judge ruled immigrants have same gun carrying rights as citizens

03/25/2014: Ninth Circuit upheld San Francisco gun control laws

02/13/2014: Ninth Circuit overturned California concealed weapons ban

05/31/2013: Illinois Senate approved concealed weapons bill

03/21/2013: Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland concealed carry permit restrictions

12/11/2012: Seventh Circuit struck down Illinois ban on concealed carry

06/28/2010: US Supreme Court found that Second Amendment applied to the states in McDonald v. Chicago

06/26/2008: US Supreme Court held DC handgun ban unconstitutional in District of Columbia v. Heller

THIS DAY @ LAW

Dreyfus convicted of treason

On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter J'Accuse...! by novelist and Dreyfus partisan Emile Zola.

US passed Embargo Act, banning foreign trade

On December 22, 1807, the Embargo Act was passed at the urging of US President Thomas Jefferson. The act barred trade with any foreign nations in an effort to avoid American entry into the Napoleonic Wars of Europe. However, the act proved unenforceable and was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act, which barred trade with France and Great Britain. Learn more about the Embargo Act of 1807 from Monticello.org