Associated Press (11/25)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed bills on firearms during the pandemic or other emergencies and about the regulation and plugging of conventional oil and gas wells.
Category: Gun Control
By MARC LEVY Associated Press (11/19)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will veto legislation heading to his desk that would repeal long-standing laws intended to control the carrying of guns and prevent public officials from shutting down firearms sales during disaster emergencies declared by a governor.
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer (10/30)
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S.
By JIM SALTER Associated (10/28
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The attorney for a St. Louis couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home asked a judge Wednesday to remove the city’s top prosecutor and her entire office from the case.
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (10/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters marching on their private street pleaded not guilty to two felony charges at a brief hearing Wednesday.
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press (10/14)
NEW YORK (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn announced Wednesday that he would put a new priority on firearms and drug cases,
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer (10/11)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans on Sunday circulated a video of the Democrats’ candidate for an open U.S.
Associated Press (09/01)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. judge on Monday upheld California’s near-total ban on carrying guns in public even as protests in other states have seen counter-demonstrators armed with weapons.
Associated Press (08/29)
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A measure on the November ballot will ask voters in a northwestern Oregon county whether it should be a Second Amendment sanctuary.
Associated Press (08/26)
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago and three other cities sued the federal government Wednesday to stop the proliferation of what are advertised as easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks.
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (08/24)
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening night speech of the Republican National Convention that they had a “God-given right” to defend themselves and their property.
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press (08/14)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines,
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press (08/03)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s rules for obtaining a handgun as unconstitutionally restrictive.
By ED WHITE Associated Press (07/29)
DETROIT (AP) — Federal agents being sent to Detroit by the Trump administration will help local authorities fight violent crime and won’t interfere with protests against racism or excessive force by police,
By MARGARET STAFFORD and ROXANA HEGEMAN (07/22)
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A massive federal operation underway in Kansas City, Missouri, that targets violent crime has been largely welcomed by law enforcement and state officials,
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press (07/22)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Trump focused on an open wound in the law enforcement community — the unsolved shooting death of the mother of two New Mexico state police officers — in announcing that federal agents,
By DON BABWIN Associated Press (07/22)
CHICAGO (AP) — Amid a surge in gun violence and protests sparked by the death of George Floyd,
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (07/16)
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday urged Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St.
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (07/15)
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will reconvene later this month to consider ways to stem the escalating violence that has become especially deadly in St.
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (07/14)
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a white St.