Blog Posts

See below for a selection of blog posts written by NFLI's on-staff attorney/lead educator, Stephen L. Sulzer.

What's Past Is Prologue

IN NYSRPA v. BRUEN, THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR FIREARMS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME AND REINVIGORATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT’S PROTECTION OF YOUR FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE 

When Do You Lose Your Right to Respond to an Attack with Deadly Force?

You are in your car, you are late for a meeting, and you are looking for a place to park in the lot where you work...

Virginia Judges Are Forcing You to Make an Ugly Choice

The use of deadly force for self-defense in Virginia: Welcome to the wonderful world of Jones v. Commonwealth.
What should you do?

Duncan v. Becerra Re-legalizes (for now) Standard Capacity Magazines in California

On August 14, 2020, in Duncan v. Becerra, Appeal…

Supreme Court Reverses Decision to Review New York City’s Law on Handgun Transport — Enables the Court to Directly Address More Far-Reaching Second Amendment Violations

In our February 7, 2019 blog post entitled Supreme Court Update, we reported on the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari…

The Unconstitutional Attack On Citizens’ Possession of Semi-automatic Firearms and Large Capacity Magazines

Mass shootings in recent years (including the targeting of school children) have incited anti-gun public outrage, which has been...

Ninth Circuit Update

In Young v. Hawaii, 896 F.3d 1044 (9th Cir. 2018), a three-judge panel of Ninth Circuit appellate judges unexpectedly declared Hawaii’s good reason permitting scheme for open carry of firearms to be unconstitutional for violating the Second Amendment...

Supreme Court Update

On January 22, 2019, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a Second Amendment case, ending nearly three years of silence regarding the scope of the Second Amendment...

Look Out Below

The courts’ post-Heller assault on the right to carry in public and on the type of firearms protected by the Second Amendment continues apace, and the Supreme Court is likely to face these issues in the foreseeable future.  When it does, the Court will...

You’d Better Be Sure You Are Right Before You Resort To Deadly Force

Even When You Make The Right Choices, You Can Easily Lose The Legal Battle That Follows Most Self-defense Incidents – Take The Right Steps Now To Optimize Your Chances Of Winning In The Legal System Too.

3 Reasons Why The Legal Use of Firearms for Self-Defense Course Is Important to You

Three reasons why you can’t afford to not take the Legal Use of Firearms for Self-Defense Course.

Think Twice About Waiting For National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Legislation

There has been a lot of excitement in the past few weeks about the House of Representatives’ passage of H.R….

Hines v. Commonwealth, A Christmas Story

A merry Christmas from all of us to all of you, especially including a Norfolk citizen who lived in a…