The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case over whether states can prevent concealed carry holders on private property that is open to the public. Wolford v. Lopez challenges a Hawaii law that prevents concealed carry permit holders from bringing handguns to beaches,

Justice Samuel Alito said on Tuesday that the lawyer defending a Hawaii gun law, which requires gun owners to get permission to carry firearms on private property, is treating the Second Amendment as a constitutional right with “second-class status.

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The Supreme

Black Codes, enacted after the Civil War to restrict newly freed African Americans, took center stage at the Supreme Court Tuesday as it considered a challenge to a Hawaii gun law. With the

MANHATTAN (CN) — Gun advocates failed to demonstrate that a New York state law requiring background checks before ammunition purchases violates their Second Amendment rights, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday. The New York State Firearms Association ...