The Fourth Circuit Friday gave families of victims of the 2015 Charleston church shooting a second chance to challenge U.S. gun regulations, reversing a lower court’s decision that had found the government immune from the claims.
Read moreA gun-rights group sued Thursday to block California from enforcing its assault-weapons ban, contending it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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California has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, including a ban on the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines used in some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. How long those types of laws will stand is a growing concern among gun-control advocates in California and elsewhere.
Read moreThe NRA has lost its court bid for access to the state records it claims will show New York Governor Cuomo illegally pressured insurers to cut ties with the group.
Read moreA man who stayed in a hospital for three days for an involuntary mental health examination should not be permanently barred from purchasing a firearm, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled, finding that involuntary emergency examinations do not count as commitments to a mental institution, which do trigger the law barring firearm purchases.
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A poll found Wednesday that a majority of Republicans support legislation banning assault weapons in the United States, a sentiment that contradicts President Donald Trump’s statements that there is no “political appetite” for such a ban.
Read moreA conservative coalition in New Mexico filed a state lawsuit on Thursday challenging the constitutionality of new gun laws requiring background checks and requiring accused domestic abusers to surrender their guns.
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Infighting at the National Rifle Association exploded Wednesday, when the powerful association severed ties with its longtime public relations firm, suspended operations of its fiery online TV station and lost its top lobbyist.
Read moreNearly two decades after the Aryan Nations Idaho compound was demolished, far-right extremists are maintaining a presence in the Pacific Northwest.
Read moreRetired Lt. Col. Oliver North said Saturday that he will not serve a second term as the president of the National Rifle Association amid inner turmoil in the gun-rights group.
Read moreThe National Rifle Association is used to battling forces that criticize its fiery and unbending efforts to protect gun rights. But as the group gathers for its annual convention this week, the NRA may be facing its toughest foe in decades: its own members.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of a constitutional claim for out-of-state residents to carry guns in Illinois.
Read moreAs the mayor of Pittsburgh signed a ban on assault rifles, the city was hit with separate lawsuits Tuesday challenging the new law as unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed a man’s challenge to his prohibition from owning or possessing a gun for one year after a DUI conviction; statistics show that people convicted of alcohol-related offenses are four to five times more likely to be arrested for a crime of violence or firearm-related offense.
Read moreNew York’s ban on Tasers and stun guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, just one day after the Illinois Supreme Court reached a similar decision.
Read moreA majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws, and most believe places of worship and schools have become less safe over the last two decades, according to a new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Read moreIn a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state ban on carrying stun guns in public or in a vehicle violates the Second Amendment.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit affirmed that a man convicted of mail fraud may not possess a firearm under federal and Wisconsin law, as felon-dispossession laws are substantially related to an important government interest of keeping firearms away from people convicted of serious crimes.
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