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June 23, 2025
Republican-led tax and spending bill would strip silencers and short-barreled rifles and shotguns from the National Firearms Act.
December 31, 2023
A California law banning people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on Monday as a court…
February 20, 2023
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing…
January 25, 2023
In less than a month, there have already been at least 39 mass shootings in the United States. Lawmakers seem…
Friends and classmates visit a memorial for 15-year-old Caleb Westbrooks in the West Town neighborhood on January 19, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Half of America’s states sanction carrying a gun in public without first securing a license. All the data suggests that permitless carry could saddle the Black community with a heavy burden.
January 11, 2023
Half of America’s states now allow for permitless carry of a firearm. The data suggests the Black community will feel…
January 9, 2023
In half of American states, people can now carry guns without a permit, and I'm scared. There are too many…
City of Buffalo shooting
December 22, 2022
According to Buffalo officials, the city lawsuit does not intend to restrict legal gun ownership — only hold gun makers…
June 30, 2022
Ten years of personal data belonging to California gun permit holders was wrongly disclosed this week online, officials said.
June 26, 2022
Gun permits for self-defense are very rare in Nigeria, and Zamfara could be the first state to offer mass approvals.
June 23, 2022
Meghan Markle showed some love to the volunteers with Moms Demand Action for their relentless campaign for safer gun laws.
June 8, 2022
Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the...
June 2, 2022
OPINION: TheGrio contributor Donna Brazile writes that the toll of gun violence on Black Americans is especially severe.
October 31, 2021
The gun rights case brought before the Supreme Court could threaten restrictions on guns in public spaces in New York…
President Biden Announces Regulation Of "Ghost Guns," Updates Background Checks
September 4, 2021
A new open carry law in Texas has anti-gun violence activists worried that it may cause more gun violence problems…
August 12, 2021
Yordi Barthelemy, a 23-year-old from Texas, is being held without bond, charged with capital murder and assault family violence.
April 26, 2021
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the US in a New York case…
Supreme Court Issues Orders More And Opinions
September 27, 2020
If Congress confirms President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, the conservative bench will tackle certain several hot-button issues.
Bianca Roberson
March 7, 2018
[griojw id=”F0bkO5IG” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] In Kennesaw, Georgia, residents are technically required to own a gun because of a local law, according
Roxane Gay Gun Violence Protesters theGrio.com
February 21, 2018
As thousands of young people across the country protest for strict gun laws in the wake of last week's deadly…
Barack Obama theGrio.com
February 15, 2018
Former President Barack Obama reacted to yesterday's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, sending his condolences to the victims' families.