June 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday for the first time that the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment secures an individual’s right to carry weapons in public for self-defense. WHAT DOES IT CHANGE? The ruling struck down New York’s gun licensing laws and similar laws in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey
The US House of Representatives has passed significant gun-safety legislation for the first time in three decades in the United States, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign it into law. The House voted 234-193 in favour of the bill on Friday, a day after a Supreme Court ruling broadly expanded
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2022) — Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the passage of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” (S.2938): In contrast with the Supreme Court finally giving force to the pre-existing human right to keep and bear arms, some Senate Republicans rushed to aid the enemy in the passage
On Thursday, SCOTUS released a historic decision in the NYSRPA v. Bruen case when they found the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding Americans to carry a firearm outside of the home. Despite the hysteria from many gun control extremists, this is a step in the right direction that simply provides good people the
Speaking on MSNBC this Friday, legal analyst Joyce Vance commented on the potential for the Supreme Court to overturn other rulings that guarantee rights such as contraception and same-sex marriage in the wake of its ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. According to Vance, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been outspoken for some time
The House on Friday passed the most significant gun control legislation in nearly three decades, sending a modest set of gun safety measures to President Joe Biden’s desk on a vote that was mostly along party lines. The bill, which passed on a 234-to-193 vote, would enhance background checks for younger buyers and fund a
John M. Bridgeland | Opinion contributor As the Congress moves to pass gun safety legislation this week to keep Americans and our children safe, while the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a century-old law in New York that will undermine the ability of states to regulate guns, we must do more to ensure our policies reflect
PROVIDENCE — A Glocester gun shop and four Rhode Island gun owners filed a lawsuit Thursday in US District Court to challenge Rhode Island’s days-old law banning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Big Bear Hunting and Fishing store and four Rhode Islanders — Jonathan Hirons of Warwick, chairman of Rhode Island Friends
Fourteen House Republicans voted with all Democrats to pass a gun safety bill on Friday, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk for signature. The final vote was 234-193, with three Republicans not voting. The legislation, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan vote on Thursday, seeks to enhance background checks for gun buyers between
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that law-abiding Americans have a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense, issuing a watershed constitutional ruling against firearm restrictions as the nation reels from a spate of mass shootings and its political leaders are divided over how to curb such violence. The court’s conservatives prevailed in
Massive black fences surround the Supreme Court building in Washington in expectation of mass protests against the pending ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. With its decision to strike down a New York gun control law, the right-wing majority on the Court has given people another reason to demonstrate. | Jose Luis Magana / AP WASHINGTON
The Senate passed a bipartisan measure aimed at gun safety, breaking a yearslong stalemate over federal legislation to address rampant violence. Fifteen Republican senators broke with their party to vote in favor of the bill, which passed 65 to 33. Only two of the Republicans who supported the bill are facing re-election this year, indicating
Representative Lucy McBath of Georgia walked off the Senate floor with both fists raised in the air after the upper chamber passed a bipartisan gun bill late Thursday evening. “I can’t put into words how important this day is to so many communities and so many future generations and so many gun violence survivors and
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry a handgun in public, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for states and cities across the country confronting a surge in gun violence. The 6-3 decision strikes down a more than century-old New York law that required a person to prove
Presented by With an assist from Ally Mutnick HOUSE TO VOTE ON GUN COMPROMISE— The Senate yesterday cleared the most significant legislative response to mass shootings in nearly 30 years and the House is already at work this morning, expecting to swiftly pass the bill and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk. That’s right,
A bipartisan package of advanced in the United States Senate on Thursday, even as the Supreme Court broadly expanded gun rights by ruling Americans have a constitutional right to carry handguns in public for self-defence. The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divides over firearms in the United States,
The US Senate approved a historic bipartisan gun control bill Thursday night following two recent horrific mass shootings, marking the most comprehensive piece of gun reform legislation passed by federal lawmakers in nearly three decades. The $13 billion measure was approved 65-33 and received enough Republican support to avoid a filibuster, a compromise that seemed