Gun Law
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Gun Free School Zones Law
The federal government may legally disarm at least some gun owners on or near school property.
Jake Fogleman
June 17, 2025
10:06 pm
The federal government may legally disarm at least some gun owners on or near school property.
More than four months have passed since President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take a pro-Second Amendment stance in ongoing legal cases and other controversies. A clear pattern has started to emerge as to what that looks like in practice.
The government can permanently disarm someone with prior convictions for financial felonies, a federal appeals court has ruled.
After years of being on the defensive, gun-rights advocates are starting to have some success in beating back corporate gun control policies.
One of the country’s largest financial institutions is reversing course on its stance toward the firearms industry.
Outside of gun rights for non-violent felons, few Second Amendment issues have divided the lower courts as much in recent years as age restrictions for certain adults. Now, the country’s largest gun rights organization is asking the Supreme Court to settle the dispute once and for all.
The justices have once again cleared their plates of pending challenges to the federal ban on felons possessing firearms.
Fights over non-violent felon gun rights—including those featuring highly sympathetic plaintiffs—continue to pile up at the Supreme Court’s doorstep.
The government can permanently disarm non-violent felons despite the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Early in the second Trump Administration, the forces at work shaping American gun policy haven’t changed much, but one group has replaced an old staple at the top of the pack.
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