Second Amendment
Everytown Law regularly files amicus briefs defending state and federal gun safety laws against Second Amendment challenges. Our briefs focus on the historical, social science, and doctrinal reasons that common sense gun laws do not violate the Second Amendment.
Rhode v. Bonta
Defending California's law requiring background checks for ammunition purchases.
Miller v. Bonta
Defending California’s assault-weapon restriction.
Duncan v. Bonta
Defending California's large-capacity magazines restriction.
Teter v. Lopez
Defending Hawai’i's prohibition on butterfly knives.
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen
Supporting New York’s concealed carry licensing law.
Mitchell v. Atkins
Supporting Washington’s age restriction and residency requirement for purchasers of semiautomatic assault rifles.
Jones v. Becerra
Supporting California’s law restricting the purchase of firearms by persons under twenty-one.
Election Protection: Preventing and Responding to Illegal Armed Voter Intimidation and Election Interference
Step 1: Understand the Law What does the law say? Voter intimidation is a crime under federal law and the law of all 50 states…
What the 2020 Supreme Court Term Means for US Gun Laws
Young v. Hawaii
Defending Hawaii’s “good cause” requirement for obtaining a public-carry permit.
Rupp v. Becerra
Supporting California's Assault Weapons Control Act.
Everytown Support Fund, Moms Demand Action Respond After Supreme Court Ruling In Suit Over Now-Repealed New York City Gun Rule
New York — Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (“Everytown”) and Moms Demand Action, the grassroots volunteer network of Everytown for Gun Safety, today…
The Second Amendment Does Not Require Officials to Give Gun Stores Special Treatment During Coronavirus Closures
Hirschfeld v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Protecting federal law that prohibits federally-licensed firearms dealers from selling to persons under twenty-one.
Documents Reveal Many Virginia Lawless Counties Admit Their ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’ Are Legally Meaningless; They Are Also Rooted In Discredited Legal Theories
The last few months in Virginia have seen many local governments pass resolutions declaring themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.” A close reading of the text of dozens of these resolutions shows they generally have no actual legal effect—and typically are little more than symbolic political gestures.
Dangerous Consequences Possible for Second Amendment Sanctuaries
The law enforcement officials in Nevada and elsewhere who are embracing the concept of Second Amendment sanctuaries claim to be...
US Supreme Court Weighs Into Gun Control Debate
Activists on both sides of the gun control debate are nervously awaiting the first US Supreme Court decision on a firearms case in a decade.
Bronx Man, Battling Own Legal Woes, Brings Fun Rights Case to U.S. Supreme Court
Two weeks before Efrain Alvarez and his attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a New York City regulation that...
Education, Other Advocacy Groups Chime In on N.Y.C. Gun Case in Supreme Court
Advocacy groups that emerged from mass school shootings in recent years are seizing an opportunity to urge the U.S. Supreme Court not to broaden the...
The Supreme Court Is Poised To Send A Major Signal On Gun Control
The U.S. Supreme Court will examine gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade on Monday when it hears arguments...
Vermont v. Misch
Protecting Vermont’s prohibition on large-capacity magazines.
Holding the Firearms Industry Accountable for Designing Guns So Easy to Shoot, Even a Toddler Can Do It
Meritless Historical Arguments in Second Amendment Litigation
This law review article discusses the frivolous arguments made by many plaintiffs in Second Amendment cases, some of which have unfortunately made their way into district and circuit court decisions.
Ohio v. Weber
Defending Ohio’s prohibition on the use or carrying of firearms by intoxicated persons.