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Gun Policy
Laws meant to keep firearms away from unstable people are under attack by Second Amendment radicals. An investigation by The Trace and Rolling Stone exposes the ugly campaign to undermine a bipartisan compromise to stop mass shootings.
The Trajectory
An update to a major meta-analysis adds to our understanding of how some common firearm regulations may contribute to public safety.
How did an undercover cop-turned-evangelical pastor become the middleman for a dark-money scheme to take down the country's firearm regulations?
Chicago
The legislation would speed up the process of removing firearms from alleged abusers, allow families to have cold homicide cases reinvestigated, and hold police accountable for sharing more data.
Philadelphia
Two local gun owners are already challenging the city’s law.
In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court found that barring dangerous people from having guns is constitutional. It's the first major Second Amendment decision since establishing the history-and-tradition test in 2022.
The devices were banned after the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The SCOTUS decision puts them back in civilian hands.
The Business of Guns
A new rule is designed to end years of ambiguity and allow law enforcement to crack down on unlicensed gun dealers.
Concealed Carry
Lawmakers had been racing to extend the prohibition before it expired on March 8.
Lawmakers wanted to help more victims by defining “mass shootings,” but they came up short.
Maryland is among the states looking to follow California in taxing the gun industry to support hospitals, violence intervention programs, and services for victims of gun violence.
A small bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to renew a prohibition on guns that could slip through metal detectors. They don't have much time.
Background Checks
Congress has made dozens of attempts to narrow the so-called gun show loophole since establishing the background check system. Most of those efforts have failed.
Some characteristics of the February 11 shooting at the Houston megachurch set it apart, while others highlight gaps that have allowed several shooters to acquire guns.
Elections
With gun reforms stalled in Congress, several states are looking to tighten their gun laws through ballot initiatives this November.
