Gun Rights

With Oregon Democrats moving forward on a bill to require background checks for private gun sales, the potential political backlash is becoming apparent.

The Vermont House gave preliminary approval to a bill allowing the state to prosecute some convicted criminals for possession of firearms and to require the reporting of individuals deemed dangerously mentally ill to a federal background check system.

A GOP measure to eliminate a law that bans ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds was also rejected by ruling House Democrats. Both gun-control laws were part of a package of legislation Democrats passed in 2013 at great political cost, losing two state senators through recall elections.

A new study from the National Shooting Sports Foundation showed most female gun owners aren’t into pink pistols or a "feminine" look in their firearms. In fact, most of those surveyed said they couldn’t take daintily colored guns seriously.

Conservative lawmakers this year are taking the push to strip limits on owning and carrying guns from rural areas to urban Missouri, the latest front for debate on gun rights in the state that comes months after voters further enshrined gun rights in the constitution.

It could be a good year for gun rights and gun owners. The state Legislature is proposing to make Florida one of the few states offering tax breaks for purchasers of guns, ammunition and gun club memberships.

Likely Republican presidential candidate proposes "Second Amendment Enforcement Act" that would bring the District’s firearms laws in line with some of the most gun-friendly states in the country.

A federal appeals court agreed to reconsider its decision to strike down a California law that requires applicants for a concealed-weapons permit to show “good cause” beyond self-defense.

Gun-rights advocates have urged a federal appeals court to overturn key provisions of Maryland's sweeping gun-control law.

Texas has allowed concealed carry of handguns since 1995, but a recent push for open carry has been taken up.

The prospect of legalizing silencers and removing disclosure to bring a firearm onto state Capitol grounds is heating up gun debate in Minnesota again.

The rule change would affect only “M855 green tip” or “SS109” rounds with certain types of metal cores. Citizens have until March 16 to make public comments to the ATF.

A federal court has rejected a challenge to California's gun safety law, possibly paving the way for a requirement that new guns mark the bullets they fire so they can be traced.

The Supreme Court is considering a tricky dilemma faced by people who legally own guns, but are then convicted of a serious crime and have to get rid of them.

The state already has some of the strongest Second Amendment protections in the country, but the Republican-dominated Legislature is working to add more breathing room for gun owners.

The families and Sandy Hook shooting survivor, Natalie Hammond, say Remington's Bushmaster AR-15 rifle is too deadly to sell to civilians.

In Mance v. Holder a federal judge in Texas says the 1968 Gun Control Act provision that banned out of state purchases of handguns violated the Fifth and Second Amendments.