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Historically, Illinois boasts some of the strictest gun control laws in the United States. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 10:33 am by Tom Smith
Gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut to ban possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines after the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were mostly upheld Monday by a federal appeals court. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 5:13 pm by Tom Smith
Why do people who support restrictive gun control — and I count myself as someone who does — mock the notion that, in some circumstances, particularly and exclusively at locations where lots of people gather to work, play, or live, having a few highly trained, armed good guys shooting back at the bad guys might be an option worth exploring? [read post]
23 May 2019, 6:11 am by Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2,700 gun deaths annually in Florida, which is about the same number of people who die each year in Florida traffic collisions. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 2:57 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) I suspect that even after McDonald, most gun controls will be upheld, either on the theory that certain kinds of gun possession are outside the scope of the Second Amendment as interpreted in Heller (e.g., bans on gun possession by felons), or on the theory that the gun control imposes only a slight burden on the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense and thus doesn’t “infringe[]” that right. [read post]
27 May 2008, 4:34 am
  The Centers for Disease Control estimates that between 65 and 69 percent of all nail gun injuries involving contact guns would have been prevented if the gun had been a sequential gun. [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 2:08 pm
"Scalia opens door for gun-control legislation": FoxNews.com has this report. [read post]
14 May 2013, 2:50 am by Andres
There is a strong libertarian seam running through many of the interviews given by Wilson, there seems to be a direct attack on the power of government to control citizens. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
In an effort to ward off that outcome, New York City repealed the offending regulation in June 2019.Not surprisingly, the case attracted considerable attention from gun rights enthusiasts as well as advocates of strict gun control. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 9:00 am by Benjamin Herbst
At the same time the regional climate with relation to gun control should always be a consideration when drafting new legislation. [read post]
15 Jan 2022, 4:39 pm by crimdefense@hotmail.com
Many gun owners never consider what can affect their right to own or possess a gun. [read post]
24 Mar 2021, 4:25 pm by Howard Bashman
“Amid gun control debate, federal court rules states may restrict open carry of weapons”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report. [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 7:58 am by [email protected]
The 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968 establishes a comprehensive regulatory program intended to prevent the use of firearms in domestic violence offenses. [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 7:58 am by [email protected]
The 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968 establishes a comprehensive regulatory program intended to prevent the use of firearms in domestic violence offenses. [read post]
27 May 2009, 12:05 am
Defendants, including several ministers, were part of a group called Heeding God's Call, which is attempting to involve faith groups in the gun-control movement. [read post]
20 Aug 2018, 7:51 am by Tom Smith
The “conventional wisdom” among gun control advocates in states with tough gun laws is that their crime is so high because of guns flowing in from states with looser restrictions. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 11:58 am by Patrick@nimblelight.com
Consequences for Convictions of Gun Charges Gun and firearm charges are taken very seriously in the state of Pennsylvania. [read post]
29 Jan 2019, 7:40 am by Neil Schoenherr
It is therefore the legal responsibility of the U.S. government to take measures to bring itself into compliance, including enacting common sense gun control laws to protect Americans from harm. [read post]