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President Donald Trump has crticized Alex Pretti, killed at a Minneapolis protest, for bringing a gun. He has campaigned on ...

Gun control efforts in California took a big hit on Thursday as the 9th Circuit Court struck down a state law requiring background checks to buy ammunition. While some say this is a step back for gun ...

A Virginia judge has thrown out the state’s universal background check law – at least for now – handing a headline win to gun-rights groups and setting off a wider debate about how far states can go ...

SACRAMENTO — A voter-backed California law requiring background checks for people who buy bullets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the state’s efforts to combat ...

I have always assumed that judges, particularly SCOTUS judges, would know better than to deny facts, but I guess I was wrong.

It is shameful and unconscionable that this country has allowed gun violence to become the leading cause of death among children in the United States – but that is the reality. The legislation, ...

First, the panel reasoned that the right to possess firearms necessarily includes the right to acquire them, bringing the conduct regulated by Section 134-2(e) within the plain text of the Second ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s first-in-the-nation law requiring background checks for ...