by Attorney Sean Maloney | Jun 25, 2026 | Featured Stories, Courts & Legal, General
If you want to understand how firearms laws survive or die in America today, you have to throw out the old way of thinking. Courts are no longer allowed to balance public safety against individual rights. Instead, under the landmark Bruen standard, the Supreme Court...
by Attorney Sean Maloney | May 20, 2026 | Courts & Legal, Facts & Fiction, Featured Stories, General, Guns & Gear
In the recently published decision of United States v. Alsenat (2026), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a conviction involving Machine Gun Conversion Devices (MCDs), specifically “Glock switches,” by categorizing them as “unprotected...
by Attorney Sean Maloney | May 6, 2026 | Courts & Legal, Concealed Carry, Facts & Fiction, Featured Stories, General
The Supreme Court is currently in the midst of releasing, or is poised to release, a series of decisions that will directly shape the future of the Second Amendment and the practical scope of the right to keep and bear arms. Rulings on the shadow docket, in the orders...
by Attorney Sean Maloney | Apr 30, 2026 | Featured Stories, Courts & Legal, General
The 2025–2026 Supreme Court term marks a decisive juncture in the post-Bruen era. While administrative agencies and state legislatures have sought to circumvent the High Court’s mandates through regulatory firearm “lawfare,” the current docket presents a...
by Attorney Sean Maloney | Apr 8, 2026 | Courts & Legal, Featured Stories, General, Self Defense
A USA Today report highlighting the erosion of Miranda protections serves as a stark wake-up call for every law-abiding gun owner. As a criminal defense, civil rights attorney and co-founder of Second Call Defense, I have spent my career navigating the intersection of...
by Second Call Defense | Feb 9, 2026 | Courts & Legal, Concealed Carry, Featured Stories, Self Defense, True Stories
Concealed carrier delivers swift justice when Chicago thugs allegedly approach him — and one pulls gun, demands his property A late-night encounter in Chicago’s Cragin neighborhood escalated into gunfire early Tuesday morning, highlighting once again the realities of...
