Does the Second Amendment Protect Sending Guns Out of the Country? The Third Circuit Says No
A man walks into a sporting goods store in Monroeville and buys a handgun. Perfectly legal. He comes back and buys another. Still legal. Over about ten weeks he buys nine 9mm pistols in all — and…
When Your Phone Is the Weapon: Commonwealth v. Hernandez and the Reach of the PIC Statute
A man sends a woman threatening messages, nude photographs, and videos over Facebook and Instagram. When she blocks him, he builds new accounts and starts again. He is charged with stalking. He is…
Two Filings, One Day: Commonwealth v. McAllister and the Post-Sentence Motion Trap
A defendant filed two documents on the same day. The first, in the morning, asked the trial court for permission to file late post-sentence motions. The second, in the afternoon, was a notice of…