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Judge rules in favor of Missoula ordinance requiring background checks on all gun sales

A state judge on Thursday upheld Missoula's 2016 gun ordinance, which requires background checks on all gun sales in city limits, even between private parties. Judge Robert "Dusty" Deschamps' ruling ... read more

Judge Rules In Favor of Gun Rights Groups, Tosses Out Controversial Ballot Initiative

Gun rights groups in Washington State have spent the last few months fighting gun control ballot initiative I-1639 which would create stricter gun laws. A Thurston County Superior Court judge on ... read more

Missoula judge denies AG Fox's motion to reopen gun lawsuit

The Missoulian reports that Missoula County District Judge Robert Deschamps ruled a second time in favor of the city, which in 2016 enacted an ordinance requiring background checks on all gun sales. ... read more

Federal appeals court panel rules in favor of D.C. gun law

A federal appeals court panel ... law and they are also unreasonable,” Henderson and Kavanaugh said in their majority opinion. They wrote, however, that “we agree with the District that it was ... read more

Missoula asks judge to rule in its favor over gun ordinance

The City of Missoula has filed for summary judgment in its lawsuit against Montana Attorney General Tim Fox regarding a universal background check ordinance for gun purchases, asking a judge to rule ... read more

AG Fox appeals Missoula gun lawsuit to state Supreme Court

Missoula officials enacted an ordinance in 2016 requiring background checks on all gun ... have authority to restrict gun sales. Deschamps in October ruled in favor of the city lawsuit that claimed it ... read more

Merry Christmas: Judge Rules In Favor Of Seattle’s Gun Tax

Recently, a judge ruled that the city's ordinance ... So, in a sense, this gun tax is bad, but it could’ve been a lot worse. The state also passed a universal background check law–initiative 597–last ... read more

U.S. court rejects challenge to Colorado gun control laws

The laws, which banned ammunition magazines with more than 15 rounds and required universal background checks ... judge found in favor of the governor, saying no evidence had been produced by the ... read more

AG Fox Appeals Missoula Gun Lawsuit to State Supreme Court

The Missoulian reports Fox is appealing three rulings by Missoula County District Judge Robert Deschamps, who had overturned Fox's decision to void a city ordinance. Missoula officials enacted an ... read more

Gun-control group claims victory at ballot box, in statehouses

Gun-control activists have also been in court, with municipalities challenging state laws that prohibit them from passing gun-control legislation. In Missoula, Mont., a judge ruled in favor of a city ... read more