Gun Rights

The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied a requested rehearing of a ruling that says state wildlife officers violated a hunter's constitutional rights when they ran a criminal background check on him when they didn't have any reasonable suspicion he had violated any laws.

Three gun-rights groups, including the National Rifle Association, are suing the city of Seattle over its adoption this month of a so-called “gun violence tax.”

Seattle's City Council unanimously approved a new tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition Monday, a measure designed to help offset the financial toll of gun violence. But opponents quickly promised a legal challenge.

Leaders in Los Angeles unanimously voted to ban the sale of high-capacity gun magazines, putting the city in the middle of the debate over national gun control.

Florida firearms enthusiasts will save a few dollars starting this month because of a new law that eliminates the sales tax on gun club memberships.

A new study from a pro-gun research group suggests that the states with the most relaxed concealed carry laws have lower rates of murder and violent crime than states that make carrying a handgun tougher.

In her veto message, Gov. Maggie Hassan said a bill to remove the licensing requirement for carrying concealed firearms would undo the state's “common sense'' gun laws.

A court ruling striking down a Pennsylvania law that made it easier for gun-rights advocates like the National Rifle Association to challenge local gun ordinances is drawing strong reaction from both sides of the issue.

Wisconsin's governor signs two bills loosening the state's gun regulations. The bills had bipartisan support.

Toby Keith, famous for his patriotic ballads about American soldiers and killing Taliban terrorists, commented recently on the murder of nine churchgoers at a South Carolina bible study meeting, saying a good guy with a gun could have stopped the killing in its tracks.

A group opposed to New York's two-year-old gun law says registration data show few owners complied with the requirement to register firearms reclassified as assault weapons.

The popular ride sharing service caves to anti-gun pressure just months after a driver thwarted a mass shooting with his concealed handgun in Chicago.

Pontiff suggests gunmakers aren’t Christian and says those who invest in firearms are hypocrites.

Clinton says regulations can be passed while still respecting the Second Amendment and “respecting responsible gun owners.''

A special 11-judge federal appeals court panel will consider whether to side with the gun lobby's effort to dramatically loosen California's restrictions on carrying concealed firearms.

Pennsylvania would no longer be the only state that bars hunters from using semiautomatic rifles if bills pending before a House committee are approved.

Just months after the Obama administration was forced to back down on a proposed ammunition ban, a Utah Republican has filed legislation that would force the feds to allow guns and ammo for “all lawful purposes.”

Firearms advocates are warning new rules floated by the U.S. State Department could force gun industry writers and bloggers to ask for government permission to publish information on new guns and ammunition or face huge fines and prison time.

In Idaho, bringing guns into a school as a safety measure is a much more accepted option where Second Amendment rights are highly protected and libertarian ideals run deep.

At issue in the case is a 2013 state law called the Second Amendment Protection Act that makes it a felony for any U.S. government employee to attempt to enforce federal regulations for Kansas-only firearms, ammunition and gun accessories. It allows lawsuits by the state attorney general or county prosecutors to block federal enforcement attempts.

In a full-throated defense of firearms rights, actor Vince Vaughn says banning guns to fight crime is like banning forks to fight obesity.

Texas lawmakers approved carrying handguns openly on the streets of the nation's second most-populous state, sending the bill to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who immediately promised to sign it and reverse a ban dating to the post-Civil War era.

Legislation to let people carry a concealed weapon without a permit has died for the year in South Carolina.

People in the nation's capital no longer have to show a good reason to get a permit to carry concealed handguns outside their homes and businesses.

A New Jersey Democrat is resurrecting failed federal legislation that could drive Internet ammunition sales offline.

Reports say the student was suspended for one day for wearing the shirt, which bore the NRA logo, an image of a hunting rifle and the words “Protect Your Right.”

Storied gunmaker and top military supplier tells investors to take a bath, or it’s filing for bankruptcy.

A bill expanding background checks to encompass nearly all gun sales in the northwestern state of Oregon made it through the state Legislature on Monday, overcoming obstacles that stymied two previous attempts to pass similar laws.

Minnesota's Senate added language to a bill that would legalize gun silencers — a surprise development as majority Democrats had shown little interest in changing the state's gun laws and a direct challenge to Gov. Mark Dayton's promise that such a measure would meet his veto pen.