2020 Could be the Biggest Year Yet for Gun Sales
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The number of first-time gun buyers has surged this year, with nearly five million people purchasing their first firearm. According to retail sales…
Second Amendment Lawsuit in Illinois Over Delays in State Licensing
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Illinois residents seeking to buy firearms are running into a bureaucratic, and likely unconstitutional, roadblock: lengthy delays in processing the applications residents are…
Miami-Dade County Issuing $100 Fines for Failing to Follow Mask Mandate
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Law enforcement in Miami-Dade County in Florida is writing civil citations to individuals who fail to wear face coverings in public. Local officials…
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of Case Where Cops Destroyed Private Residence
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a case from Colorado, wherein 2015, police officers in the Denver suburb of…
Idaho to Decide Whether it Really Needs to Revive 150 Regulations it Suspended
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. If there’s an upside to the state-mandated shutdowns in response to the coronavirus outbreak, it was how many rules and regulations were suspended…
Supreme Court Strikes Blow for School Choice and Religious Liberty
Article from For Liberty by Norm Liberty. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Montana Supreme Court ruling that barred parents from using scholarships funded through state…
July 2, July 4…it’s Still America’s Independence Day
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. We learned it in school: Independence Day is July 4th, celebrating the day in 1776 when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of…
Yes, the Second Amendment Applies to all Americans
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Gun rights have long divided the left and right in American politics. But those lines may soon be scrambled, as more African-Americans begin…
Supreme Court Dodges Qualified Immunity Cases
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in a series of cases dealing with qualified immunity – the court-invented rule shielding government…
Arizona’s Ducey Refuses New Lockdowns as Cuomo Threatens to Reimpose Restrictions
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Some parts of the country are seeing new coronavirus outbreaks – but public officials are resisting calls to reimpose lockdowns, seeking to balance…