This post provides an update on last week's developments in Cooke et al. v. Hickenlooper. This is a lawsuit filed May 17 in federal District Court in Denver, challenging two gun laws enacted by the state legislature in March. In the case, I represent 55 of Colorado's 62 elected Sheriffs, plus one retired police officer. Other plaintiffs, with their own attorneys, include the Colorado Farm Bureau, Outdoor Buddies (which helps disabled people participate in outdoor sports), the Colorado Outfitters Association (trade association for hunting guides), federally licensed firearms dealers, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and others. We argue that House Bill 1224 (magazine ban) and House Bill 1229 (background checks and paperwork on temporary loans and private sales of firearms) violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendment, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Read the article: The Volokh Conspiracy
Kopel: Successes in Colorado Sheriffs' Second Amendment case
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The National Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging Maryland’s ban on Glock and Glock-style handguns.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Anti-gun arrogance, or incompetence, is reaching new heights.
Saturday, May 23, 2026
On Thursday, May 21, the New York Senate and Assembly used the State Budget as a vehicle to not only finance state government but also to pass a handful of their other policy priorities.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
America’s Second Amendment community had some insights into the outlook of the newly confirmed ATF Director Robert Cekada, when he recently testified before the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Anti-gun extremist Michael Bloomberg thankfully commands fewer headlines these days. But policy efforts like the latest “Public Carry Permitting Model Policy Guide” from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Violence Solutions still ...
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