Wayne LaPierre, an American gun rights lobbyist who has led the National Rifle Association (NRA), touted the Supreme Court ruling as a win for the politically influential gun lobby organization while lashing out at the Senate gun bill. "The decision comes at an important time -- as the Senat...
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a ban on gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns violates federal law. The justices said Friday they'll hear arguments next year over a gun bump stocks regulation the Justice Department imp...
The ruling indicates that some longstanding gun laws are likely to survive despite the court's 2022 decision that expanded gun rights by finding for the first time that there is a right to bear arms outside the home under the Constitution's Second Amendment. Writing for the majority, Chief J...
The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
"If I see innocent and law-abiding citizens on the streets with guns, I'll be safe," said McDonald. "I'll feel safe because they're not going out there breaking the law." Today the Court saida complete ban on handguns is unconstitutional, ruling individuals have a fundamental right to...
The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that upheld laws that were passed in response to another mass shooting involving a semi-automatic weapon,the elementary school attack in Newtown, Connecticut. The Supreme Court hasrepeatedly turned away challenges to gun restrictionssince two...
Elected officials in New York vowed to protect public safety and the local legislature passed the bill on Friday in an extraordinary session to soften the blow of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. ...
A majority ofSupreme Courtjustices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold a 30-year-oldfederal ban on firearmsfor people under domestic violence restraining orders. At the same time, during oral arguments in the caseU.S. v. Rahimi, several conservative justices seemed to seek...
President Joe Biden called for stricter gun regulations, after a series of mass shootings in the U.S. over the past few weeks. But an upcoming decision by the U.S. Supreme Court could undermine efforts to enact new restrictions. The justices are expected to rule by the end ...
Supreme Ruling on Gun Control A Right to Arms City, Some Suburbs Facing 2nd Amendment ShootoutByline: David Beery Daily Herald Political EditorBeery, David