A selection of AR-15-style rifles hangs on a wall at R-Guns store on Jan. 11, 2023, in Carpentersville, Illinois, a day after the state ban. Armando L. Sanchez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Th...
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Supreme Court Keeps New York’s Updated Gun Control Law In Effect—At Least For Now
Topline The Supreme Court left New York’s updated concealed carry law, which prohibits firearms from being carried in “sensitive locations,” in effect on Wednesday as legal challenges against it move ...
Gun law advocates hail credit card code as way to cut down suspicious sales
Fire arms are seen at the Bobâs Little Sport Gun Shop in the town of Glassboro, New Jersey, United States on May 26, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Gun law advocates are praising...
New York’s Updated Gun Legislation Can Take Effect, Court Rules—Replacing Policy Supreme Court Struck Down
Topline New York’s updated concealed carry policy will take effect Thursday as scheduled after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging it on Wednesday, suggesting states could still have a leg...
Why even more Americans are arming up with AR-15 guns
The AR-15 is one of the most controversial weapons in America. Lightweight and easily customizable AR-15 style weapons have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, taking center stage at gun ranges...
‘Ghost gun’ regulations go into effect after judges reject challenges
AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. Bing Guan | Reuters New Biden administration rules that put homemade firearm ...
A Framework For CEOs And CMOs On When And How To Enter The Cultural Conversation
Cultural Waves Getty Images Staying out of the socio-cultural fray is no longer an option for most brands and businesses. Can “safety” be a framework for when and how CEOs and CMOs should consider act...
Record 2.8 Million AR-15 And AK-Style Rifles Entered U.S. Circulation In 2020, Gun Group Says
Topline The United States manufactured or imported just over 24.4 million AR-15 and AK-style guns—which are often known as assault rifles or modern sporting rifles—from 1990 to 2020, a firearm industr...
The Supreme Court’s Reliance On “historical Analysis” To End Abortion Rights And Curb Gun Control This Term Could Overturn Other Landmark Precedents, Perhaps Even Brown V. Board
Heading into oral arguments in Brown v. Board, Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights icon arguing for the integration of southern schools, feared the legislative history surrounding the case. Though he ...
Gabby Giffords Brings Her Fight For Gun Control To The Big Screen With ‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 03: Gabby Giffords speaks as gun violence survivors gather in front of the … [+] Supreme Court ahead of oral argument in NYSRPA v. Bruen on November 03, 2021 in W...
Maryland Loosens Concealed Carry Law In Light Of Supreme Court Gun Ruling
Topline Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) instructed state police Tuesday to be less restrictive about which firearm owners in the state are granted concealed carry licenses, as states with strict conceal...
New York City And State Sue ‘Ghost Gun’ Distributors — Hit Back After Supreme Court Knocks Down Gun Law
Topline New York state and city officials filed lawsuits Wednesday going after gun distributors who sell “ghost guns” that can escape firearm restrictions and be harder to trace, as the state tries to...
Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Control Bill In 65-33 Vote
Topline The Senate passed a bipartisan gun control bill in a 65-33 vote late Thursday, setting up one of the most significant pieces of federal gun legislation in decades—the product of weeks of negot...
Supreme Court Strikes Down N.Y. Concealed Carry Law—Could Lead To Rollbacks Nationwide
Topline The Supreme Court struck down a New York law Thursday that only lets firearm owners receive a concealed carry license if they have “proper cause,” a blow to gun control advocates that marks th...
Gun Stocks Surge Higher As Supreme Court Rejects New York’s Concealed Carry Law
Topline The share prices of U.S. gun- and ammunition-makers shot up Thursday after the Supreme Court struck down a New York law restricting concealed carry, the widest expansion of gun rights in over ...
McConnell Supports Bipartisan Gun Control Deal
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters Tuesday he supports the gun control deal struck by members of both parties last weekend, a key endorsement as senators race to tur...
Bipartisan Senate Gun Control Deal ‘Will Safe Lives’
A member of the Capitol police walks past the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2021. … [+] (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ...
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Gun Deal—Here’s What’s In It
Topline A bipartisan group of 20 senators struck a deal Sunday on gun control legislation, including strengthening background checks and boosting red flag laws—a major breakthrough following weeks of ...
Senators Reportedly Planning To Unveil Bipartisan Deal On Gun Background Checks, Red Flag Funding Today
Topline A bipartisan group of senators aims to announce an initial agreement on gun control legislation—including strengthening background checks and boosting fed flag laws—as early as Sunday, CNN and...
U.S. House votes to raise age to buy an assault rifle to 21
The House on Wednesday passed a sweeping gun bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase an assault rifle in the U.S. from 18 to 21, even though the legislation doesn’t stand much of a cha...
House Passes Sweeping Gun Control Measures—But Senate Republicans Will Spike Plan
Topline A legislative package strengthening national gun laws passed the Democratic-controlled House Wednesday following hours of impassioned debate and testimony on Capitol Hill, but the action was l...
Parents of shooting victims ask Congress for tighter gun laws
Gun control advocacy groups rally with Democratic members of Congress during of a news conference on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los A...
Actor Matthew McConaughey calls for gun reform in White House briefing
In an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, actor Matthew McConaughey called for new gun regulations in the wake of last month’s mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and urg...
Support For Tighter Gun Laws In The U.S. Or Canada? [Infographic]
After the gun massacres in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged action on gun control. Due to the Democrats’ shaky majority in Congress, however, the future of any...
Canadian Handgun Ban Wouldn’t Cause Much Pain For U.S. Gun Makers
Topline Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced sweeping gun control legislation including a “national freeze” on the sale of handguns Monday, and, though Canada is one of the largest import...
U.S. Gun Sales Plummeted Last Month From Record-Breaking Pandemic Levels
Topline Nationwide gun purchases fell more than 40% in January from the same month a year ago, according to industry estimates, as a Covid-driven surge in firearm sales begins to subside — but last mo...