Supporters ofHouse Bill 203said it contains a number of changes designed to shore up Second Amendment rights, cut red tape, toughen rules for concealed handgun permits, and expand recognition of Ohio's conceal-carry permits to other states. But Democratic legislators warned that a so-called “s...
Crime Control Digest
WASHINGTON — The House passed a wide-ranging gun control bill Wednesday in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more tha...
Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213, according to the Associated Press. And the bill now faces steep odds in the Senate, where Democrats were unable to secure enough support for a ban on such weapons in earlier gun control negotiations. The legislation would ban...
A move to give gun owners more rights is passed in the Louisiana House. The lower chamber has approved a bill dubbed the "Constitutional Carry" law. It would allow non-felons 18 years of age and older to conceal carry a firearm without a permit or training. This measure by Oil City Re...
Two bills passed by Democrats in the Michigan Legislature this week would require the state health department to develop information on safe gun storage to distribute to schools.
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 chamber's split votes to oust Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones on T
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would cost about $105 million over five years, with most of the money going toward hiring staff. “As we took 9/11 seriously, we need to take this seriously. This is a domestic form of the same terrorism that killed the innocent people of...
The House legislation is shunned by Republicans, who dismissed it as an election-year strategy by Democrats. Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213. It will likely stall in the 50-50 Senate. The bill comes at a time of intensifying concerns about gun violence an...
The passage of the bill caps the House’s actions this week on gun violence, which included votes on other gun control bills and testimony from survivors of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. ...