Gun Laws

The court also said the state can’t enforce part of the law that made it a crime to carry a concealed gun onto private property without the express consent of the owner — a restriction that would have kept firearms out of places like shops, supermarkets and restaurants unless the proprietor put a sign up saying guns were welcome.

A red flag law is a law designed to temporarily block someone from accessing a firearm if they’re at risk of harming themselves or others. Here’s what you need to know.

Several new Connecticut gun laws will go into effect on Sunday. Over the summer, Gov. Ned Lamont signed the most wide-ranging package of gun safety measures since the legislation passed after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. The law, Public Act 23-53, goes into effect on Oct. 1. The bill’s major provisions include:

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group.

The new rule would require people who sell firearms online, at gun shows or other places outside stores to be licensed and run background checks on the buyers before the sales

The ruling came after three people holding small signs urging gun control were removed from a hearing on Tuesday.

The voter-approved gun control measure is one of the toughest in the nation.

A federal appeals court has temporarily agreed to keep part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law in effect as court proceedings play out. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted the state attorney general’s request to keep part of the law that bars people from carrying handguns in “sensitive places” in effect. It also denied Attorney General Matt Platkin’s request in...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting.

A judge’s ruling striking down a federal law that bans licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 is the latest example of how a landmark Supreme Court decision is transforming the legal landscape around firearms.

Buffalo pauses to mark the passing of one year since a white supremacist gunman killed 10 Black people.

The city of Buffalo, New York, will pause to mark the passing of one year since a white supremacist gunman killed 10 Black people and wounded three victims at a supermarket.

The judge’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have long used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions.

The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety has voted to advance the raise-the-age bill in the wake of mass shootings in Allen, Houston and Uvalde.

The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.

Lee signed the order amid heightened tensions after two Democrats, both Black men, were expelled from the General Assembly for protesting on the House floor against gun violence.

Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held. The commissions could choose Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, allowing them to return to the Capitol. They...

Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House has expelled two of three Democratic members for their roles in a demonstration in favor of gun control following the Nashville school shooting.

The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation.

Florida and Nebraska are poised to become the latest states to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit.