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Campus Carry
Six Georgia professors filed suit in state court Monday to stop a law that allows licensed concealed carriers to bring guns onto campus. The complaint, brought against Governor Nathan Deal and Attorney General Chris Carr, argues that…
Law
It just got a lot easier to tote a gun to the beach in one Florida county — and harder to bounce there. On September 5, local officials in the Florida Panhandle county of Okaloosa lifted a ban…
Rates of intimate-partner homicide are lower in states that require people served with domestic-violence restraining orders to surrender their guns, a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine concludes. The study, from researchers at five different…
By near-unanimous vote, California legislators this week approved a bill that would add a new crime to the state’s longer-than-usual list of charges that can result in the loss of gun rights: misdemeanor hate crimes. Should Governor Jerry Brown…
Is yours one of them?
Jose Mejia, who has a concealed-carry license, says the tech giant's no-weapons rule conflicts with Florida law.
Concealed Carry
The ruling is at odds with several other Circuit Court decisions on concealed carry — upping the odds for an eventual Supreme Court showdown.
The constitutionality of carrying guns in public remains undecided by the high court.
The Justices are deciding whether to hear a case that could determine whether there's a constitutional right to carry concealed guns in public spaces.
Gun Policy
The same features that attract some shooters helped convince a circuit court that bans on the rifles don't infringe on gun rights. The next big question is: Will other judges see it the same way?
Several favor ending firearms restrictions for the mentally ill, abusers, and on college campuses, but a few of the president elect's other selections have more ambiguous Second Amendment views.
But after a lawsuit brought by family members of Sandy Hook victims was tossed out, a judge leaves the door open for appeal.
Extremism
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."
Criminal Justice
To reverse a sharp decline in firearm convictions, New York City is pursuing another experiment with specialized gun courts. But making illegal weapons charges stick can be vexingly hard to do.
Domestic Violence
One of the petitioner’s 14 convictions was for slapping his girlfriend so hard that she hit the floor.
