The U.S. Supreme Court Saul Loeb /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb /AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court Saul Loeb /AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place an Illinois ban on AR-15 semiautomatic weapons. Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday’s […]
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s attorney general sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits mark the first complaints filed under a 2022 law passed last year. Attorney General Matt Platkin said he filed […]
Hunter Biden’s attorney is asking the federal judge overseeing his federal gun case to dismiss the criminal charges against him, arguing that an earlier agreement with prosecutors gives him immunity. The motion was one of four Biden filed Monday in federal court in Delaware seeking to have the felony gun charges tossed out. Special counsel […]
In June, federal prosecutors, led by Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss, reached a two-part deal with Hunter Biden that would have resulted in his pleading guilty to two tax misdemeanors and his entering a pretrial agreement intended to lead to the withdrawal of a gun charge. Hunter Biden and a prosecutor on Weiss’ team both […]
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal gun charges against him because the law is unconstitutional and government lawyers had earlier agreed not to prosecute him, his legal team said in Monday court filings. The law used to charge Hunter Biden is likely unconstitutional under […]
LeBron James’ tone was passionate, yet weary. Another shooting, this time in Las Vegas, more innocent people dead, and the Lakers superstar seemed to recognize that his plea for gun control sounds like a broken record. “It just goes back to what I said before about guns in America,” he said. “I think it’s such […]
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and 48 other Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged top payments companies to resume work on implementing a sales code for gun merchants, according to letters seen by Reuters, citing how states have passed conflicting requirements on the issue. In March, the payments companies Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover […]
On Wednesday, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) got into a heated argument with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over the GOP’s opposition to gun safety, after imploring journalists on Capitol Hill to ask Republicans what their plan is to address the gun violence epidemic. Massie, who chairs the gun-loving Second Amendment Caucus, stepped in to propose that […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — After a federal appeals court struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law last month, the state attorney general is requesting a new hearing where more judges would consider the case, which could have significant implications for gun rights across the country. On Nov. 21, a three-judge panel on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court […]
The Republican-controlled Legislature in Tennessee on Thursday took the extraordinary step of expelling two Democratic members of the Statehouse for their role in a protest for gun control in the chamber last week following the deadly Nashville school shooting. After hours of debate, lawmakers voted 72–25 to expel Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville and 69–26 […]
Their removal was widely criticized by leaders across the country, including President Joe Biden, who tweeted, “The expulsion of lawmakers who engaged in peaceful protest is shocking, undemocratic, and unprecedented.” Expulsions have previously been used to remove members accused of serious offenses, like soliciting a bribe or allegedly committing sexual misconduct. Though House Speaker Cameron Sexton, […]
REFORM, Ala. — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showed her appearing to shock a handcuffed and compliant man with a stun gun and telling him to shut up after he cried out in pain. The video shows a white female police officer shocking a Black man after […]