gun laws

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting.

A judge’s ruling striking down a federal law that bans licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 is the latest example of how a landmark Supreme Court decision is transforming the legal landscape around firearms.

The city of Buffalo, New York, will pause to mark the passing of one year since a white supremacist gunman killed 10 Black people and wounded three victims at a supermarket.

The judge’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have long used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions.

The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety has voted to advance the raise-the-age bill in the wake of mass shootings in Allen, Houston and Uvalde.

The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.

Lee signed the order amid heightened tensions after two Democrats, both Black men, were expelled from the General Assembly for protesting on the House floor against gun violence.

Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held. The commissions could choose Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, allowing them to return to the Capitol. They...

Permitless carry has divided law enforcement groups in the past and police officers will soon adjust to the law.

Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House has expelled two of three Democratic members for their roles in a demonstration in favor of gun control following the Nashville school shooting.

A look at how Florida’s new permitless carry law will work and how it compares to other states’ gun laws.

NBC6’s Alyssa Hyman looks into what Florida’s permitless carry law entails.

The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation.

Florida and Nebraska are poised to become the latest states to allow people to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

Floridians will be able to carry concealed guns without a permit under a bill the Legislature sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis. Ana Cuervo reports

Lawmakers in Tallahassee debate over permitless carry in the wake of another school shooting. Ana Cuervo reports

Florida gun owners may soon be able to carry concealed weapons without a license as the permitless carry bill moves one step closer to the governor’s desk after passing in the House.

A new bill passed by the Florida House could eliminate concealed carry permits in the Sunshine State.

Manuel Oliver, the father of a Parkland shooting victim, was arrested Thursday in Washington D.C. after he and his wife were removed from a hearing on gun regulations held by the House Judiciary Committee. Cell phone video from inside the hearing shows Oliver and his wife Patricia shouting at a Republican lawmaker who then asked for them to be...

Manuel Oliver, the father of a Parkland shooting victim, was arrested Thursday in Washington D.C. after he and his wife were removed from a hearing on gun regulations.