Tag Archives: Guns

Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers? That’s the question posed in one of the biggest cases of the current Supreme Court term, …

Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune It is no longer constitutional to ban people under felony indictment from buying guns, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge David Counts, appointed by former President Donald Trump to Texas’ western federal district, found that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling …

An Ohio bill allowing teachers and other school staff to carry guns in schools with reduced training is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine’s desk. On the heels of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead, the bill was fast-tracked through the Statehouse …

Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie is facing backlash over a Christmas photo he shared of his family holding military-style rifles just days after a shooting that claimed the lives of four teenagers in the state of Michigan. Massie posted the picture on Twitter saying: “Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring …

Mexico has filed a lawsuit in a US court against Smith & Wesson Brands, Glock, Sturm, Ruger and Co., and other major gun manufacturers, accusing them of contributing to gang violence south of the US border. The civil suit in a Massachusetts federal district court filed on Wednesday argues that …

President Joe Biden outlined his administration’s national crime prevention strategy Wednesday after meeting with local leaders on the issue, in remarks that focused on targeting gun violence and new resources for community policing across the country. The Biden administration is responding to a rise in violent crime throughout the United …

Gov. Jim Justice stated on Tuesday that West Virginia would boost its vaccine incentive program to get more individuals immunized against the coronavirus. In addition to a $1.588 million grand prize, all citizens who receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be entered into a drawing for college tuition, custom vehicles, and …

Senators Chris Murphy and John Cornyn are negotiating a way to bolster background check laws by closing a loophole. A bill to require background checks on nearly all gun purchases passed in the House in March but hasn’t gone anywhere in the Senate. Murphy and Cornyn believe they have a …

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a repeal of Georgia’s Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law. The repeal of the law comes a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by white men who said they suspected him of a crime. Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother …

In a 66-43 vote, South Carolina House approved a bill to allow firing squads to execute prisoners. Governor Henry McMaster says that he will approve the bill once he receives it. Democrat Representative Justin Bamberg urged his colleagues to vote against the measure. “If you push the green button at the …

The rate of gun background checks in the United States—a rough correlator to how many guns are being sold here—shattered records in March, breaking four million checks for the second time in history and blowing past the earlier one-month record set in January. The FBI performed nearly 4.7 million background …

President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure initiative, the “American Jobs Plan,” includes a $5 billion investment towards community-based violence prevention programs. “The crisis on gun violence has destroyed Black and Brown communities for decades. Our pain, our trauma and our lives have been lost for too long without action,” the Community …

Representatives Mike Thompson, Joe Neguse, Val Demings, and Ed Perlmutter wrote a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to take executive action to regulate concealable assault-style weapons under the National Firearms Act. “Concealable assault-style firearms that fire rifle rounds pose an unreasonable threat to our communities and should be …

A man was arrested Wednesday for gun and ammunition offenses near the official vice president’s residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington, police said. Paul Murray of San Antonio, Texas was detained and arrested after he was stopped by police near the Naval Observatory — the vice presidential …