South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Jun 18, 2026

SCOTUS News: Justices uphold gun rights of marijuana users

The government violated the Second Amendment rights of a man who regularly used marijuana by prosecuting him under a federal law prohibiting the possession of a gun in the home […]

Oct 21, 2025

Can marijuana users legally own guns? SCOTUS to decide

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if regular marijuana users can legally own firearms, revisiting federal gun laws after its 2022 gun rights expansion.

Oct 6, 2025

Supreme Court to review Hawaii’s concealed carry law

The Supreme Court will review Hawaii’s law restricting guns on private property, a case that could reshape Second Amendment rights and property rules.

Jul 16, 2024

Expert: NRA’s spending policies are ‘dumpster fire’

NEW YORK — The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association began Monday in Manhattan, with New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking […]

Jun 21, 2024

SCOTUS has much to do, little time left to do it

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with about a third of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape […]

Feb 14, 2024

Proposed gun law threatened by intra-GOP disputes

COLUMBIA — A proposal to allow any legal gun owner to openly carry their weapon in public without training is struggling to pass through South Carolina’s General Assembly as Republicans […]

Jan 22, 2019

Supreme Court returns to gun rights for 1st time in 9 years

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and […]

Feb 22, 2017

Civil Rights – No Maryland Gun Rights for Va. Felon

Hamilton v. Pallozzi, Sup’t of Md. State Police (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-044-17, 26 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 16-1222, Feb. 17, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Bredar, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Jun 10, 2016

Not so wild West

I don’t know how accurate the old Western flicks are that my grandparents seem to be watching every time I’m there, but back then men wore six-guns on their hip […]

Dec 5, 2014

SC bill would bar abusers from owning guns

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Senate Judiciary chairman says it’s time for lawmakers to face South Carolina’s domestic abuse problem and bar abusers from owning guns. A bill introduced by […]

Feb 24, 2014

High court rejects NRA appeals

The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from the National Rifle Association which complained about resistance by governments and judges to the high court's recent seminal rulings declaring that Americans have a constitutional right to own a gun.

Jul 10, 2013

State law lets mentally unfit man get guns back

A Lowcountry prosecutor wants lawmakers to act after a judge decided a man ruled mentally unfit to possess guns should be able to get back an assault rifle, a shotgun and several knives.