U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has declared unconstitutional the $1,000 excise tax on pistols and several provisions that the CNMI imposed under the newly enacted Special Act for Firearms and Enforcement. “The government need not arm the poor, but...

U.S. Army veteran Paul M. Murphy is challenging the constitutionality of some provisions in the newly enacted law, Special Act for Firearms Enforcement that extensively revised the gun control laws of the CNMI. Murphy argued that the enforcement of some provisions in the SAFE Act...

U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona has ruled that the Commonwealth’s passing of the Special Act for Firearms Enforcement appears to moot some issues in a lawsuit by U.S. Army Ranger Paul Michael Murphy who sued over the alleged confiscation of his...

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres has signed a bill regulating firearms in the CNMI into law this morning. In the presence of Attorney General Edward Manibusan, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Robert Deleon Guerrero, members of the Legislature, and members of the Cabinet, Torres...