Author: Jack Bogart

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has a New York law that forbids legal carry of concealed firearms for self-defense in New York’s Times Square, centered in its crosshairs. On March 20, FPC attorneys filed the lawsuit Goldberger v. James with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Specifically, the lawsuit challenges New York’s “sensitive location” handgun carry ban in Times Square. As many TTAG readers likely remember, after the crucial Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, New York quickly passed sweeping gun control laws in response. Those laws included…

The New Jersey State Police are facing a lawsuit after stonewalling an OPRA request for demographic data on retired law enforcement officer carry permits — data the agency already makes publicly available for civilian permit holders. Freelance journalist and Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino, represented by West Berlin attorney Donald M. Doherty, Jr., filed a verified complaint in Mercer County Superior Court on February 27, 2026, seeking to compel the NJSP to release records related to its Retired Police Officer (RPO) handgun carry permit program. The complaint, filed under the Open Public Records Act, the common law right of access,…

A measure that would bar Tennessee landlords from banning their tenants from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a firearm, firearm components, or ammunition in or on rental properties has passed the House and the Senate and is now before Republican Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration. If signed by the governor, Senate Bill 350 would apply to new or renewed leases beginning Jan. 1, 2027. The change could positively affect thousands of tenants in the Volunteer State. The bill states: “A landlord shall not prohibit a tenant or a tenant’s guest from lawfully possessing, carrying, transporting, or storing a…