Tag Archives: gun control

[ad_1] CNN  —  In the week since a six-year-old boy in Newport News, Virginia took a gun from his home, brought it to school and shot his teacher, community members and officials are grappling with an unsettling question: How did the child get access to a loaded firearm? “There’s a …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a New York gun law that places restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm to remain in effect while legal challenges play out. In a brief order, the justices rebuffed an emergency request from challengers to the law who say it violates …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of portions of a New Jersey gun law that restricted concealed carry in certain places. “The Court finds that the challenged provisions have chilled Plaintiffs’ reasonable exercise of their Second Amendment right,” District Judge Renee …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Wednesday issued a four-day ban on carrying firearms in the capital as a precautionary measure ahead of the January 1 inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. In his ruling that temporarily suspends the licenses of registered gun owners, Judge …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Amanda J. Crawford, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, is writing a book exploring the dual crises of gun violence and misinformation. The views expressed here are her own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN  —  In the decade since a troubled young …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in a school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday was flagged by an FBI background check but was still able to purchase the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack from a private seller, police said. …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A US Navy sailor who was arrested in a federal undercover operation targeting illicit weapon sales has been convicted of possessing and selling unregistered machine guns, the Justice Department announced Monday. Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, was indicted earlier this year in Virginia after special agents from the …

[ad_1] Raleigh, North Carolina CNN  —  A 15-year-old will be charged as an adult for allegedly carrying out a mass shooting that left five people dead Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina, prosecutors said, as calls to curb gun violence are renewed once again in the US. The suspect, identified by …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The state of New York on Monday asked an appeals court to allow a restrictive gun law to remain in effect as it appeals a decision by a federal judge that temporarily blocked parts of the measure. “Today my office filed a motion to keep the entire …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A judge blocked the city of Philadelphia on Monday from enforcing a recent ban on firearms in recreation facilities after a gun rights lobbying group argued state law stipulates gun regulations can only be created on a state level, not by local jurisdictions. The decision by Judge …