Second Amendment & Gun Control
The latest news coverage, opinion and information on Second Amendment rights and gun control. The Second Amendment states "a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..."
Gun groups ask Supreme Court to rule on Delaware’s ban on assault weapons, large capacity magazines
Gun rights advocates asked the Supreme Court on Monday to decide if bans against certain firearms and magazine capacities infringe on Second Amendment rights and cause irreparable harm.
Trump assassination attempt exposes Secret Service gaps, raises calls for more protection
A gunman wouldn’t have been able to get so close if it were President Biden on the golf course this weekend instead of former President Donald Trump. A second assassination attempt against Mr. Trump is raising more questions about the resources allocated to security for the former president and current presidential candidate, with much of the focus on why the Secret Service hasn’t done more.
Man accused of shooting five on Kentucky interstate vowed to ‘kill a lot of people,’ warrant says
The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Interstate 75, authorities said in an arrest warrant.
Mother’s warning to Georgia school raises questions about moments before shooting
The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented.
Authorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes.
With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible?
Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit.
Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder
The teen charged with opening fire at a Georgia high school denied threatening to carry out a school shooting when authorities interviewed him last year about a menacing post on social media, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Meanwhile his father was arrested on a variety of counts, including second-degree murder.
Appeals courts increasingly skeptical of gun controls in wake of Supreme Court rulings
It’s been a busy summer for federal judges as they’ve wrestled with the Second Amendment and the U.S. Supreme Court’s significant but confusing string of gun rulings over the last few years.
Judge rules that people in Illinois can carry firearms on public transit
A federal judge ruled in favor of a group of individuals challenging Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms on public transportation.
14-year-old boy arrested in Georgia school shooting that killed 4, wounded 9
A 14-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday after four people were killed, including two students, and nine others wounded in a school shooting in Georgia.
Shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie renews attention on crime in city as mayor seeks reelection
The daylight shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall in an upscale shopping district has once again put the city’s safety in the national spotlight weeks before voters choose a new mayor.
Gunfire on Interstate 5 near Seattle strikes at least 7 cars and injures 6 people
At least seven vehicles traveling along Interstate 5 just south of Seattle were hit by gunfire overnight, leaving at least six people injured before a suspect was taken into custody, officials said Tuesday.
Leaked Nashville manifesto shows shooter obsessed with changing genders
The Nashville mass shooter agonized over gender identity, wallowed in self-pity, ripped Christianity, and plotted cold-blooded murder in the weeks before opening fire at the Covenant School, killing three children and three staff members.
Gun shops that sold weapons trafficked into Washington, DC, sued by nation’s capital and Maryland
Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital.
Transgender rights, ghost guns, porn ID cases on Supreme Court docket; stakes high in next term
The Supreme Court is still on its three-month summer recess but already has loaded its docket with high-stakes legal battles for its term that begins in October.
San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall stable after shooting during attempted robbery, police say
A juvenile suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the chest Saturday afternoon during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said.
Dallas police say officer killed, 2 others wounded; shooting suspect killed after chase
A Dallas police officer died and two other officers were wounded by a suspect who was shot and killed by police north of the city after a vehicle chase, police said.
Texas A.G. Ken Paxton sues to block gun ban at the sprawling State Fair of Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block a ban on firearms at the State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations.
