gun rights

Congress is considering whether to override a VA policy that says veterans who need financial fiduciaries may be reported to the FBI’s background check system.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block a ban on open carrying and other parts of the new law.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont marked the 30th anniversary of the state's assault weapons ban by urging lawmakers to strengthen the law.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the part of a New York state law that makes it a crime for people to carry guns in places of worship.

Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut's ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Several prominent Republican leaders are vowing to challenge New York’s new firearms laws in court.

New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits by requiring people seeking to carry concealed handguns to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their “character and conduct.”

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which will strengthen background checks and keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, was signed by President Joe Biden this week.

The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights.

Governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that she wants New York to raise the age to buy an AR-15 rifle to 21 years old, up from the current floor of 18, in response to the recent mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo.