Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte enacted a bill last week that would bar financial institutions from requiring that retailers in the state apply a special code to track firearms purchases. Last year, a committee on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—a Switzerland-based organization that sets and monitors quality standards for a variety of industries—voted to…

The Liberal government has proclaimed that National Day Against Gun Violence will be held annually on the first Friday of June, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claiming it will be a “Day of remembrance and a time to recommit ourselves to building a Canada free of gun violence.” Trudeau made the announcement June 1 during…

Befuddled and petrified, students and teachers hid in the classrooms as they heard gunshots ring out multiple times at their Western Australian school.  Just before midday on Wednesday at Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Perth’s outer north, a teenager fired three rounds from his rifle, allegedly from the school’s car park. One shot hit the…

Second Amendment rights advocates are cautiously optimistic after the Fifth Circuit Court granted what appears to be a limited injunction against a rule outlawing pistol stabilizing braces on May 23. The court specified its order was for the parties in Mock v. Garland, the lawsuit filed by the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), William Mock, Christopher…

Maine legislative committees are scheduled to consider bills LD 1557, to allow concealed weapons on school property, and LD 1696, which would allow lawsuits against the gun industry from persons harmed by “abnormally dangerous” firearms. While he supports one bill but not the other, John Merrill, president of the Pine Tree State Rifle and Pistol…

Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31. “I think this is going to be a very fluid situation over the next week or so,”…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed a sweeping gun control bill into law, including universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader public safety bill,…

The Mexican government and some blue state leaders are appealing the dismissal of a $10 billion lawsuit holding U.S. gunmakers liable for gun crime south of the border. In a statement (pdf) released Thursday, May 19, 2023, Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen said he is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general to defend the…

President Joe Biden boasted that he had increased funding for law enforcement while tightening gun control in a video statement for Peace Officer’s Memorial Day on May 15. Biden said he had one objective in pushing for wider gun restrictions. “I want to make sure officers are not outgunned on the streets. Let’s be very…

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced on Monday a date for convening a special session of the Legislature, which is currently adjourned, in order to discuss possible gun legislation and public safety, will begin Aug. 21. The Republican leader has decided to call in all lawmakers for the special session, even after his proposal for an…