Category: gun laws

Federal Judge Blocks More of New Jersey Gun Law’s Restrictions

A federal judge on Jan. 30 blocked additional portions of a recently enacted New Jersey gun law, just weeks after blocking other parts of the law that she said posed “considerable constitutional problems.” The law in question, signed on Dec. 22 by the state’s Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy, makes it a third-degree felony to knowingly…


Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Order Blocking Enforcement of New Gun Law

A new Oregon law that requires a permit for the purchase of firearms and bans large-capacity magazines, will remain on hold after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s temporary restraining order halting its enforcement. Ballot Measure 114, which was passed by Oregon voters on Nov. 8, was initially scheduled to take effect on…


Opponents Setting Out Unintended Consequences of Oregon’s Gun Control Measure 

If voters approve a pending ballot measure, Oregon would have the strictest gun laws in the nation—which opponents claim would virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state. The “Reduction of Gun Violence Act” (Measure 114) would require a permit to obtain any type of firearm. Magazines capable of holding more than 10…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Supreme Court May End All Gun Control; El Chapo Exposes US Officials in Drug Trade

A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen could have broader implications than at first appeared. Amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging gun laws across the United States, analysts are now claiming that the top court’s decision could potentially end all gun control laws in…


LIVE: Supreme Court May End All Gun Control; El Chapo Exposes US Officials in Drug Trade

A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen could have broader implications than at first appeared. Amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging gun laws across the United States, analysts are now claiming that the top court’s decision could potentially end all gun control laws in…


Supreme Court May End All Gun Control; El Chapo Exposes US Officials in Drug Trade

A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen could have broader implications than at first appeared. Amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging gun laws across the United States, analysts are now claiming that the top court’s decision could potentially end all gun control laws in…


LIVE 10/19, at 10:30 AM ET: Supreme Court May End All Gun Control; El Chapo Exposes US Officials in Drug Trade

A recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen could have broader implications than at first appeared. Amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging gun laws across the United States, analysts are now claiming that the top court’s decision could potentially end all gun control laws in…


Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Ushers in New Era of Gun Debate

In modern U.S. history, you can count on one hand the number of Supreme Court cases that clarify what the Second Amendment really means. The Bruen ruling is one of them. In the recent ruling for New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the court spoke, for the first time, that the…


Capitol Report (July 5): Major U.S. Cities Marred by Gunfire; Another Rate Hike Coming Soon?

Police have captured the suspect of the 4th of July parade shooting in Illinois and have him in custody. In the city of Chicago alone, 71 people were shot and 8 killed over the weekend, but the politics are being focused on the 4th of July shooting that took place in Chicago’s affluent suburb where…


Capitol Report (July 5): Major US Cities Marred by Gunfire; Another Rate Hike Coming Soon?

Police have captured the suspect of the 4th of July parade shooting in Illinois and have him in custody. In the city of Chicago alone, 71 people were shot and 8 killed over the weekend, but the politics are being focused on the 4th of July shooting that took place in Chicago’s affluent suburb where…