by John Floyd | Mar 4, 2025 | Federal Criminal Law, Federal Firearms
The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently ruled that the Second Amendment protects “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” Many gun rights advocates believe this constitutionally settled right includes any accessories associated with any firearm. That is not...
by John Floyd | Jul 31, 2022 | Federal Criminal Law, Federal Firearms, Guns
In 2013, a United Arab Emirates citizen named Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif was admitted to the United States through a student visa to attend the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. He was academically dismissed from the institute in December 2014. Mr....
by John Floyd | Jun 29, 2019 | Federal Criminal Law, Federal Firearms
Penalty Provisions of Federal Gun Law Struck Down In the opening line of a June 24, 2019 ruling in United States v. Davis, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by the court’s four liberal justices, stated: “In our constitutional order, a vague...
by John Floyd | Sep 6, 2017 | Constitutional Law, Federal Firearms
Ezra Griffith was a member of a Washington, D.C. gang. In 2012, Griffith became one of several suspects in the shooting death of a rival gang member. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had surveillance footage of a getaway vehicle circling the area where...
by John Floyd | Jul 22, 2017 | Federal Firearms
A “Street Sweeper” is not a recommended weapon of choice for dove hunting. It is a dangerous weapon with overwhelming kill power. In 1994, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) classified the Sweeper (also known as a “shotgun revolver”) as a...
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