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New York can enforce laws banning guns from 'sensitive locations' for now, U.S. appeals court rules
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in certain “sensitive” locations and require that handgun owners be of “good moral character,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a...
Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost...
Maryland attorney general wants new hearing in gun licensing case
BALTIMORE (AP) — After a federal appeals court struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law last month, the state attorney general is requesting a new hearing where more judges would consider the case, which could have significant implications for gun rights across the country. ...
Bipartisan legislation planned in response to New Hampshire hospital shooting
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are working on bipartisan legislation to prevent dangerously mentally ill people from buying or possessing guns in response to the fatal shooting of a psychiatric hospital security guard last month. The deadline to draft bills for the...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Champaign News-Gazette. December 3, 2023. Editorial: Law’s registration deadline puts public under the gun While action often speaks louder than words, so does inaction. The state of Illinois will know a lot more about that after Jan. 1. ...
Tougher penalties for rioting, power station attacks among new North Carolina laws starting Friday
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New or tougher criminal penalties against rioting, vandalizing power stations and harassing law enforcement officers and emergency workers are among North Carolina laws approved this year that took effect Friday. Expanded gun rights at some places of worship...
Activists on both sides of the debate press Massachusetts lawmakers on bills to tighten gun laws
BOSTON (AP) — Activists on both sides of the gun debate testified at the Massachusetts Statehouse on Tuesday as lawmakers work to hammer out a final package of proposed changes to the state’s firearms laws. One of the bills would ban “ghost guns," which typically guns that...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. November 25, 2023. Editorial: Gun seizure bill casts too wide a net Most people likely would agree that someone who presents a serious physical threat to another person should not be allowed to possess firearms. That was the stated intent of the...
Man who fatally shot security guard at psychiatric hospital was banned from having guns, records say
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital moments before being killed by a state police trooper was not allowed to have guns, ammunition, or any other dangerous weapons following an arrest in 2016, according to court records. ...
Voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, judge rules
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure. The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among...
