Month: June 2022

The US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a New York law that placed restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public for self defence has been met with outrage. The law was aimed at changing New York state’s limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. The court ruled that it violated a person’s right

Blue-state leaders are scrambling to draft legislative fixes in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that imperiled state laws requiring people to show “proper cause” to carry a firearm. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat in one of several states directly impacted, signed an executive order Friday directing all state departments and agencies

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists. The Democratic-led chamber approved the election-year legislation on a mostly party-line 234-193 vote, capping

After months of budget negotiations, an agreement has finally been reached and the Legislature is set to adjourn in the very near future. House Bill 2414 has been sitting in the Senate pending action for months awaiting a vote. Please contact your state senator today and urge them to bring HB 2414 up for a

Eric Gay / AP WASHINGTON—It took a massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to force the recalcitrant U.S. Senate to listen to U.S. parents and teachers and not the nation’s gun fanatics. By a 65-33 margin, senators have approved a package of gun control moves, the first such win since 1994. All 33 “no” votes were from

Former President Donald Trump is receiving widespread praise from conservatives after Roe v. Wade was overturned on Friday by the Supreme Court following nearly five decades of precedent. Trump was president when Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett were approved to join the Court. All three, in addition to Justices

The news defies belief, even in these unbelievable times: The Supreme Court just overturned New York State’s 100-year-old law that requires showing a specific need for protection in order to get a permit to carry a concealed gun in public. This comes even as the Senate is on the verge of passing a bipartisan deal

Updated US lawmakers broke a decades-long stalemate on firearms control Friday, passing the first major safety regulations in almost 30 years, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court bolstered the right to bear arms. Gun regulation is a touchstone issue for both conservatives and liberals in the United States that has consumed national politics

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

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