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Comedian Dean Obeidallah wrote a column for MSNBC on Saturday that argued the right to own a gun was decided by a "cravenly political" Supreme Court rather than the U.S. Constitution. As several media ...

A major courtroom showdown unfolded this week in Philadelphia, where the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments over New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles and magazines over ...

Dick Heller would like to be known as the "Gun Dude." For the self-described octogenarian who still works as a special police officer in the federal prison system, it's a moniker that acknowledges the ...

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there... Dick Heller would like to be known as the "Gun Dude ...