Australia looks to tighten gun laws
Digest more
Tennessee rejected tougher gun laws after the Covenant School shooting. But Czech citizens pushed for more gun laws after a 2023 university attack. A law was passed by the Czech Republic’s upper house in March 2024, but it does not take effect until 2026 ...
A new Colorado law aimed at making it more difficult to obtain a concealed handgun permit spurred a triple-digit spike in applications in Larimer and Weld counties before going into effect. The law, HB24-1174, added additional criteria to make obtaining a ...
"I felt helpless. I wanted to curl up in a ball because I felt like there was nothing I could do to protect those kids," U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-5th District.
Then-President Joe Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law in June 2022. The law, aimed at reducing gun violence, gave states money to implement "red flag" laws and mental health services. The Gun Violence Archive, a data collection ...
COLUMBIA — After four hearings across South Carolina drew emotional testimony from hundreds of witnesses about the state's gun laws, the chairman of the Statehouse gun committee said it's time for a "full and frank" discussion on the issue. But gun ...
GAINESVILLE — Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills — which even the party’s lawmakers acknowledge are likely to go nowhere — less than two months after the state legalized open carry. The routine ...