gun control

Several House-passed gun control bills advanced out the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, including red-flag laws, expanded background checks and restrictions on minors having access to weapons. Both chambers passed their own versions of red-flag laws and expanded background-check laws, but the Judiciary Committee advanced substitute versions of these bills that conform them to...

Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack said his company destroyed $5 million worth of assault rifles as part of its tough stance on guns. In his new book and in an interview with “CBS News Sunday,” Stack shared how the company turned the guns into scrap metal. “I said, ‘You know what? If we really think these...

Walgreens is the latest retailer to ask shoppers to leave their guns at home. “We are joining other retailers in asking our customers to no longer openly carry firearms into our stores other than authorized law enforcement officials” the company posted on its website Thursday. Related Stories: NEWS: Walmart Ends Ammo Sales & Asks Customers Not...

NASCAR has reportedly banned all advertisements featuring assault weapons due to a “gradual shift” in the company’s position on guns. Related Stories: NEWS: Walmart CEO Promotes Assault Weapons Ban “We just heard from NASCAR on a number of gun-related ads and unfortunately, due [to] a gradual shift in NASCAR’s position on guns, these ads must be...

Under pressure to stop selling guns after recent deadly shootings at two Walmart stores in Mississippi and Texas, the retailer’s CEO, Doug McMillon, said the U.S. should revisit the idea of an assault weapons ban. In prepared remarks to stock analysts that came with Walmart’s quarterly earnings report, McMillon gingerly stepped into the political storm...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that strengthening background checks and red flag laws will “lead the discussion” on addressing gun violence in the wake of two mass shootings that left at least 31 people dead. Related Stories: NEWS: Stricter Gun Storage Laws Hit NY McConnell’s remarks on a Kentucky news radio show follow a...

Gun owners in New York with children in their homes have 60 days to comply with stricter new gun storage requirements or face the potential of a misdemeanor charge. In order to comply with the requirement, which was signed into law this week by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, New Yorkers living with a child under...

The already strict firearm laws of New Jersey got even tougher this week as Gov. Phil Murphy signed four new gun control bills into law — including one designed to make personalized “smart guns” more easily available in the state. It comes a little more than a year after Murphy signed six firearm laws, vowing to make...

House and Senate Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday they say will allow victims of gun violence to have their day in court. The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act aims to repeal federal protections blocking firearm and ammunition manufacturers, dealers and trade groups from most civil lawsuits when a firearm is used...

On its website, Salesforce.com touts retailer Camping World as a leading customer of its business software, highlighting its use of products to help sales staff move product. A Camping World executive is even quoted calling Salesforce’s software “magic.” But behind the scenes in recent weeks, the Silicon Valley tech giant has delivered a different message to gun-selling...

As reported by Fox News: New York state Attorney General Letitia James has begun an investigation into the National Rifle Association’s finances, her spokeswoman said Saturday. “The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James has launched an investigation related to the National Rifle Association (NRA),” spokeswoman Kelly Donnelly said in an email to the...

Original story reported by  www.cnn.com Colorado’s controversial “red flag” bill was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, with more than half of the state’s counties declaring opposition to it and many sheriffs promising not to enforce it at all. Known as the “Extreme Risk Protection Order,” the law will allow a family...

Pittsburgh passed new gun-control ordinances Tuesday that ban the use of semi-automatic weapons in public and allow courts to seize weapons from individuals showing “red flag” signs of extreme risk. Related Stories: NEWS: House Pushes First Gun Control Bills in a Generation The laws, which were immediately challenged by pro-gun groups, come six months after the...

Last February, when Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack announced he was restricting gun sales at the country’s largest sports retailer, he knew it’d be costly. At the time, Dick’s was a major seller of firearms. Guns also drove the sale of soft goods—boots, hats, jackets. Plus, Stack suspected the position could drive off some...

More than 11,000 people have signed a petition against proposed tougher gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque massacres, criticizing the changes as “unjust to law-abiding New Zealand citizens.” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the ban on military-style semi-automatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines only days after the mass shootings at two...

As reported by www.newsobserver.com: The School Security Act of 2019, filed Wednesday, would boost the salaries of teachers who underwent specialized police training to carry firearms on campus. The same bill was filed last year and died in committee, but Sen. Jerry Tillman, one of the new sponsors of Senate Bill 192, said that the climate has changed...

As reported by the New York Times: House Democrats are poised this week to adopt legislation requiring background checks for all gun purchasers, the first major expansion of gun control laws in a quarter century and the opening salvo in a broader drive to address an issue that once sharply divided the party. In back-to-back...

A Colorado gun control bill that would allow the seizure of firearms from “high risk” individuals was heard Thursday in the House Judiciary Committee, after being reintroduced in the statehouse last week. The bill, co-sponsored by House majority leader Alec Garnett, describes an extreme risk protection order which allows family, household member, or an officer...

Quay County in eastern New Mexico has declared itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” in protest of pending gun control legislation in the state. The Quay County Commission voted unanimously to pass the resolution, as reported by Albuquerque’s KRQE-TV. Curry and Union Counties passed similar situations earlier this week and Eddy County Commissioners are slated to vote on their...

With more than 20 gun-related bills in Olympia, WA this session, Second Amendment advocates say they’re starting to feel cornered. These gun laws are set to restrict who, what and where gun-owners can carry. Two-time combat veteran Steve Krause says he doesn’t think lawmakers respect, or even understand why people like him are upset. “Laws...

As reported by The Washington Times: A growing number of rural sheriffs in Washington state are refusing to enforce a sweeping new gun control laws that place stiff requirements on residents buying and owning semiautomatic rifles. “I think it’s a bad law, and I think it violates people’s rights,” Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer told...

If passed, Senate Bill 501 would make Oregon’s firearms regulations among the strictest in the U.S. Compared to most other western states, Oregon already has stricter gun laws. The bill proposed to appear in the Legislature this year would require Oregonians to obtain a permit before buying a gun, limit the amount of ammunition a person could buy,...

House Democrats have introduced legislation to expand background checks to nearly all firearms purchases, a move timed to mark the eighth anniversary of the mass shooting in Arizona that nearly killed former Representative Gabrielle Giffords. By introducing the measure less than one week after taking control of the House, Democrats are signaling that it is a...

How will 2019 gun laws affect law enforcement? Story by www.policeone.com With the start of a New Year, many states often usher in new restrictions on the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership and use of firearms and ammunition. Many of the proposed 2019 gun laws will have an effect on law enforcement officers, so it’s worth a moment to...