The state of Illinois has filed a brief with the Supreme Court defending its ban on assault weapons, insisting that such a ban does not violate Second Amendment rights. The case revolves around an ordinance passed by the Naperville City Council in August last year that was set to come into effect Jan. 1. The…

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on so-called assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Judge Stephen P. McGlynn ruled that the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiffs while providing no reasonable legal remedy. “Plaintiffs…

The Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) said he supports banning certain firearms, while noting that such a measure would have to be approved by Congress. He denied that the ATF bore any responsibility for the ongoing dispute over pistol braces. “I’m a member of the administration; I agree with…

Moves to implement the toughest firearm controls in Australia have been met with accusations that it is nothing more than a smokescreen for weak action on high crime rates and cost of living problems. On Feb. 14, the Western Australian (WA) Labor government announced a new ban on high-powered firearms able to fire over long…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has demanded that the Republican-led House vote on gun control legislation “immediately,” building on pleas by President Joe Biden in the aftermath of the Nashville shooting for Congress to support his “assault” weapons ban. Jeffries made his appeal in a March 31 letter to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy…

In a press briefing on March 29, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would neither confirm nor deny that President Joe Biden’s proposed “assault weapons” ban could involve gun confiscation. The comments came two days after a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville,…

After three mass shootings in California in recent days have left at least 18 people dead, President Joe Biden on Jan. 24 urged Congress to pass legislation to ban assault weapons. In Half Moon Bay, a coastal community south of San Francisco, seven people were killed in two related shootings on Jan. 23, according to…

After three mass shootings in California in recent days have left at least 18 people dead, President Joe Biden on Jan. 24 urged Congress to pass gun control legislation. In Half Moon Bay, a coastal community south of San Francisco, seven people were killed in two related shootings on Jan. 23, according to police reports….

Colorado appears ready to join other states in clamping down on Second Amendment rights. A draft of the “Mass Shooting Prevention Act,” expected to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session, was made public and Second Amendment Advocates are concerned. “This bill uses the most insane parts of the laws from California and New York,”…

President Joe Biden praised Democrats on Jan. 23 for attempting to revive a ban on certain types of semiautomatic firearms that was allowed to sunset more than 28 years ago because it could not be shown to have significantly impacted on crime. “Today, Sen. [Diane] Feinstein, with whom I worked … to pass the last…