The case of this dog-owning shooter reveals something about California drug laws. San Francisco police responded to a ShotSpotter alert and found a Toyota Sienna with bullet holes in the windshield. No one was on scene when they arrived. They obtained surveillance video from a nearby store that showed the man who shot up the […]
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“Driving cars, handling chainsaws, and wielding deadly weapons all seem to be activities that are best performed while sober.” But, as this Ohio appellate court notes, only one of those implicates the U.S. Constitution. (And, incidentally, the Ohio Constitution, as well. Almost all state constitutions include a provision protecting the right to keep and bear
This is pretty exciting. SCOTUS is going to weigh in on marijuana users possessing firearms. We could use some clarity on how far the Second Amendment goes in allowing the government to categorically prohibit non-violent (but not law-abiding) people from possessing firearms. (It’s already made clear that the law can restrict possession by dangerous people,
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When it comes to estate planning, guns are not like jewelry or tools. Instead, they raise a host of unique legal issues, including who can possess them, how they can be transferred, and whether a particular type of firearm is legal to possess at all. Because of these complex rules, it’s a good idea to
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“‘The problem in this scene is that it is complete devastation,’ Chittum said.” I spoke with Rebekah Riess at CNN about the difficult, maybe impossible, task investigators face trying to determine the cause of the catastrophic explosion in Tennessee. You can read the story here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/us/tennessee-plant-explosion-blast-cause.
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Let’s say you and your pals rob a stash house but you’re nabbed before you get a cut of the loot. How much do you owe Uncle Sam? Matthew Elias did just that. He was a getaway driver for a group that stole $20K, a gun, and 40 lbs. of weed in NYC (after beating
I spoke with CNN about the preliminary activities at the scene of the devastating explosion in Tennessee this morning, and the complications authorities face with rescue and recovery efforts. My heart breaks for this community. Watch the video clip here: CNN News Central – Devastating Explosion at Facility Leaves Community Shaken.
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The court was right to detain this criminal menace, but wrong about the law that will punish him. Joseph Knight regularly visits the library. Maybe he’s well-read and would get my meme reference to Oliver Twist. Probably not though. Rather than reading books, he seems to spend most of his time there shooting women. On
Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of the “1 October” Mass shooting in Las Vegas. I spoke with reporter Will Silverstein about its impact on gun law, especially ATF’s reclassification—and SCOTUS’ reversal—of bump stocks as machineguns. Read the story and see the video here: https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevada-grapples-with-gun-laws-and-mental-health-years-on-from-1-october.
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I thought I had a new term to refer to an armed criminal. Boy, am I glad I looked “gunsel” up first! One of my favorite jokes is, “I use big words, even when I don’t know what they mean, because it makes me sound more chlorophyll.” But I never want to be the guy
