Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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President Trump has given new life to an old provision of law. Not able to push much of his agenda through Congress, the President has looked for other ways to use his delegated authority to accomplish his goals. For firearm rights, this has meant restarting a method of rights restoration not viable for thirty years. The Read More …
That is essentially the question answered by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Reese v. BATFE, No. 23-3003 (5th Circuit 2025) when it considered whether eighteen- to twenty-year-old persons have the right to purchase handguns from Federal Firearm Licensees. Spoiler: Reese 1; BATFE 0. The Second Amendment Covers More than the right ‘to own and bear arms.’ Read More …
The 2018 lawsuit challenging the ATF’s reclassification of bump stocks from plastic accessories to machine guns has finally made its way to a Supreme Court decision. While some laws may take over a century to be struck down, this one only took six years. Practically lightening speed! And yes, you read that right. The ATF’s Read More …
On March 7, 2024 “Constitutional Carry” finally came to South Carolina. Only 232 years, 2 months, and 21 days after ratification of the Second Amendment. But who is counting? Now that we have “it”, exactly what is “it” we have? Well, it certainly isn’t a clean repealing of laws governing firearm possession. Rather it is a Read More …
Over the last decade denials of NFA applications, mostly Form 4s and Form 1s, have increased significantly. The cause has been a combination of multiple factors including i) increased background checks after the implementation of procedural changes in 2016, ii) increased reporting of prohibiting factors by states and other government agencies, and iii) sheer volume Read More …