NYTIMES (Aishvarya Kavi) - Tracking Assault Weapons Bans Across the Country as Court Battles Continue
Here are the states that have sought to limit access to some of the most lethal firearms, as gun restrictions face new legal challenges.
Here are the states that have sought to limit access to some of the most lethal firearms, as gun restrictions face new legal challenges.
That’s got Chicago on the wrong end of a 7-to-1 ratio
Gun law analysts said the court will have the opportunity to address how its 2022 decision in Bruen v. New York Rifle and Pistol Association will play out in states that propose bans on gun possession.
States are pushing to pass laws sanctioning more reasons to use lethal violence in self-defense, a distinctly American tradition.
The sentence brings to an end the latest in a series of prosecutions that aim to hold parents accountable for not preventing their children from committing mass shootings.
The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.
The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.Open
By Andrea Widburg The decision says that the Second Amendment still means something.
‘As a small business, FFL, this would hurt’
A proposed rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) could enable consumers to purchase firearms online without having to go to their neighborhood Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL), potentially causing a rivalry to develop between them and online gun retailers. ATF originally proposed the new rule on “non-over-the-counter” sales by FFLs May 8, with the agency seeking to alter its regulations to account for technological advances since 1993, when the Brady Act was signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton, allowing online orders and for the Form 4473 and National Instant Check System (NICS) to be run remotely instead of in-person. The proposed rule has led to clashes between one online gun retailer and…Open
Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office.
California prohibited gun stores from selling certain handguns that can easily be made fully automatic. Virginia banned the sale and manufacture of certain semiautomatic firearms.
California prohibited gun stores from selling certain handguns that can easily be made fully automatic. Virginia banned the sale and manufacture of certain semiautomatic firearms.Open