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After Bruen, Anti-Gun Activists Are Fighting Against Public Defenders and Their Clients

August 3, 2023 by Grace Stevens

Most of the litigation challenging criminal gun laws is spearheaded by public defenders, not gun-rights groups, on behalf of indigent defendants. Within 48 hours after the Bruen decision, Lex Coleman, a federal public defender in West Virginia, was on the phone with clients, including Randy Price, an Ohio man caught possessing a pistol with an … Read more

Heller, McDonald and Bruen are Affecting How State Legislatures View Pending Gun Control Legislation

March 22, 2023 by Grace Stevens

[Heller and McDonald] allowed opponents to wage new battles against longstanding gun laws. When District Judge Roger Benitez overturned California’s 34-year-old assault weapons ban two years ago, he pointed to Heller, saying that under the decision, “it is obvious that the California assault weapon ban is unconstitutional.” Because the Heller ruling applied to guns in … Read more