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Gun control groups call on Congress to undo background check change for veterans
The Hill via AOL· 1 week agoCongress has created an “enormous threat to the safety and well-being of veterans” by blocking...
Ladd Everitt, Salon
The Raw Story· 4 hours agoNICS has failed spectacularly in one high-profile shooting after another, allowing individuals with a history of violence and/or severe mental illness to legally purchase weapons later used ...
26 Republican attorneys general sue to block rule requiring background checks at gun shows
KOCO 5 Oklahoma City· 1 week agoTwenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging a new Biden...
Maine lawmakers fail to override Janet Mills’ bump stock ban veto
Bangor Daily News· 29 minutes agoLawmakers failed Friday to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a proposal introduced after Maine’s...
These States Get F Grades For Their Gun Laws
247wallst.com· 2 days agoOn March 22, 2022, Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey signed HB 272, also known as the constitutional carry bill, into law. Ivey is quoted as saying, “Alabama...
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
MSN News· 3 days agoDENVER (AP) — A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s...
Should the U.S. government decide who qualifies as a gun dealer?
NPR· 2 weeks agoUNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Yes. (APPLAUSE) PLUTA: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of gun control laws last year. One of them expands background ...
After calls for gun safety, Tennessee votes to arm teachers
NPR· 3 days agoThe shooting prompted calls for gun safety legislation. Thousands of people protested outside the...
Guns stolen from cars now largest source of gun theft in the nation
WJXT Jacksonville· 1 hour agoThe rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the...
Minnesota Senate OKs stiffer gun straw purchase penalties, binary trigger ban
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe Minnesota Senate on Thursday passed a bill to increase criminal penalties for people who buy guns on behalf of those ineligible to do so themselves. Boosting the penalty for so-called “straw ...