Ohio Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ measure cleared for the House floor
An Ohio House committee has signed off on the Second Amendment Preservation Act, clearing the way for its consideration on the floor.
By Nick Evans - November 20, 2023An Ohio House committee has signed off on the Second Amendment Preservation Act, clearing the way for its consideration on the floor.
By Nick Evans - November 20, 2023A pair of gun safety bills intended to keep firearms out of the hands of children passed a state House panel on Tuesday over the objections of Republicans, who argued they would only punish law-abiding gun owners.
By Peter Hall - November 14, 2023Republican Danny Diggs, a former sheriff, said in 2019 that gun safety laws were unconstitutional and unenforceable.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2023The Republicans vying for the seat differ sharply with incumbent Democratic Rep. Susan Wild over reproductive rights and gun safety.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2023The Democratic candidates offer a sharp contrast with Republican incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
By Josh Israel - October 11, 2023The incident is just the latest in a series of violent threats against public officials.
By Associated Press - October 05, 2023The former Detroit police chief opposes abortion rights and gun safety measures, and promoted Donald Trump’s election lies.
By Josh Israel - October 03, 2023The Republicans challenging Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin favor abortion bans and oppose gun safety laws.
By Josh Israel - September 27, 2023‘I’VE GOT A SHOTGUN RIFLE AND I JUST PUT A BULLET IN IT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT!’ Hall, who now opposes gun safety laws, wrote in an email to another college student at the time.
By Josh Israel - September 19, 2023Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature ignored calls for gun safety laws from the parents of survivors of the mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.
By Emily Singer - August 30, 2023School shootings and mass gun violence are still met with thoughts, prayers, and vague calls for mental health care, but no gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - August 29, 2023Gov. J.B. Pritzker pledged to sign the bill, which is part of an effort by Democratic state lawmakers to address gun violence.
By Associated Press - August 10, 2023The Supreme Court put a hold on a lower court ruling invalidating the regulation while the administration appeals.
By Associated Press - August 10, 2023Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed new laws to strengthen Michigan’s gun safety legislation earlier this year. Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature plan to pass more bills.
By Matt Cohen - August 01, 2023The public overwhelmingly supports red flag laws, which allow law enforcement to prevent gun violence by temporarily confiscating guns from someone who poses a risk to themselves or others.
By Oliver Willis - July 27, 2023The National Republican Senatorial Committee is lying about a vote on rolling back gun safety regulations.
By Josh Israel - July 26, 2023Ayotte lost a bid for reelection in 2016 after helping to kill gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - July 24, 2023The city filed a lawsuit against the two largest ghost gun suppliers in the country.
By Matt Cohen - July 12, 2023Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a bill intended to reduce firearms deaths by requiring gun dealers to offer for sale a safety device with each gun sale.
By Matt Cohen - June 29, 2023The GOP-led House voted to repeal a rule that regulates short-barreled rifles.
By Josh Israel - June 14, 2023The Ohio millionaire is touting his support for the NRA and his absolute opposition to any gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2023The November 2023 elections could determine whether the last southern state without an abortion ban follows Florida's hard-right shift.
By Josh Israel - June 05, 2023Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced a bill that would gut the 2022 bipartisan gun safety compromise law and other modest steps to curb gun violence.
By Josh Israel - May 19, 2023Giffords and March for Our Lives are asking law students to sign a pledge saying they won't represent the gun industry.
By Matt Cohen - May 18, 2023Five people in a Texas town, including a 9-year-old boy, were shot to death in their home by a neighbor with an AR-15 on Friday.
By Emily Singer - May 01, 2023This year’s election could determine the fate of historic gun safety legislation Virginia Democrats enacted between 2020 and 2021.
By Josh Israel - March 31, 2023The party has refused to remove a meme they posted falsely claiming Nazis enacted gun control laws in Germany before massacring over 6 million people. In fact, party chair Kristina Karamo defended it.
By Josh Israel - March 23, 2023Republicans in Congress are proposing to override state gun safety rules, cut taxes for gun purchasers, and roll back the few existing federal firearms laws
By Josh Israel - March 20, 2023The funding comes from bipartisan gun safety legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden in June 2022.
By Associated Press - February 14, 2023The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which donated to Christine Drazan just days before Election Day, has given nearly $600,000 to Republican candidates this election cycle.
By Emily Singer - November 02, 2022