Gun Rights & the Second Amendment
Plain-English guides to your Second Amendment rights and their limits after Bruen and Rahimi — including which states ban certain semiautomatic rifles or high-capacity magazines, how the history-and-tradition test works, and why the rules form a state-by-state patchwork. Firearm laws vary widely by state and change; always confirm your own state’s current law.
All Gun Rights & the Second Amendment guides
- Assault Weapon and Magazine Bans by State
Some states ban certain semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines while most do not. Where the Second Amendment law stands after the Supreme Court declined to intervene.
- Can You Carry a Gun Onto Private Property Open to the Public?
Businesses and private landowners can generally ban firearms, even for permit holders. How posted signs, penalties, and 'sensitive places' laws vary by state.