U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has stated that a written decision would be forthcoming in connection with motions brought up in a lawsuit filed by Paul A. Murphy, a U.S. Army veteran and teacher who challenged the constitutionality of some...

U.S. Army veteran Paul M. Murphy says the $1,000 excise tax on handguns sets a terrible precedent against fundamentally protected rights. “Nowhere, ‘till now, in the history of the United States of America has there ever a $1,000 tax imposed on a handgun,” said Murphy in his...

The ban on assault rifles and the $1,000 tax on handguns in the CNMI as well as other provisions in the newly enacted law, Special Act for Firearms and Enforcement, are constitutional, according to the Office of the Attorney General. Assistant attorney general Charles E....