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SAF Sues In New York To Void 'Good Cause' Gun Carry Permit Requirement
Posted on 23 Jul 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BELLEVUE, Wash. - The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York, and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses... Read More

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Utah, Wyo. Seek To Intervene In Mont. Gun Lawsuit
Posted on 7 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Community Staff

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - (AP) State officials in Wyoming and Utah plan to enter a lawsuit pending in Montana to argue the federal government lacks authority to regulate firearms that are made and sold in the same state. The attorneys general of Wyoming and... Read More

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Oregon Court Rules Medical Marijuana Users Can Have Guns
Posted on 20 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - (AP) The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that a retired school bus driver can have her medical marijuana and a concealed handgun, too. The ruling upheld previous decisions by the Oregon Court of Appeals and circuit... Read More

Tags: NORML , firearms , Oregon Supreme Court , guns , Allen St. Pierre , concealed handgun , medical marijuana , Litigation , Federal Gun Control Act , weapons permits , Oregon , medical pot

Federal Judge Dismisses States' Gun Lawsuit
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

HELENA, Mont. - (AP) A federal judge in Missoula has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws, a move that the advocates promised to appeal. The decision Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy... Read More

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Massachusetts Gun Maker To Pay $600,000 In Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Posted on 28 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

BOSTON - (AP) A Massachusetts gun-maker has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the families of one man who was killed and another man who was wounded in a shooting involving a gun allegedly stolen from the company, a national gun-control group announced... Read More

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Border Gun Shop Owners Sue Over New Requirement
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHOENIX - (AP) Gun store owners in states along the U.S.-Mexico border sued the acting director of the federal agency that oversees firearms to halt a new requirement that they alert authorities if someone buys multiple high-powered rifles in a five-day... Read More

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Florida Lawsuit: Can Doctors Ask Patients About Guns In The House?
Posted on 15 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MIAMI - (AP) Doctors in Florida are fighting a first-of-its-kind law requiring them to have a legitimate safety concern before they start asking a patient about guns. The physicians contend the new law is too broad and they should be free to ask patients... Read More

Tags: firearms , guns , National Rifle Association , Hallward-Driemeier , patients , doctors , Florida , Rick Scott , Florida Board of Medicine , Litigation , lawsuit , Bush , First Amendment , firearms in the house , gun rights , Second Amendment

Lawsuit Challenges Wilmington Public Housing Gun Ban
Posted on 28 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WILMINGTON Del. - (AP) A lawsuit has been filed seeking to lift the Wilmington Housing Authority's ban on residents' possession of firearms. The civil suit funded by the National Rifle Association was filed Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court... Read More

Tags: firearms , guns , gun ban , National Rifle Association , Francis G. X. Pileggi , WHA , Litigation , lawsuit , Parkview Apartments , Second Amendment