WASHINGTON — Some Supreme Court justices expressed reluctance Wednesday to strike down a ban on “bump stocks,” gun accessories that allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly, although the final outcome remains unclear. The Trump administration the imposed prohibition after the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, in which Stephen Paddock used bump stock-equipped firearms
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CNN  —  For Michael Cargill, the thorny dispute over bump stocks is only partly about the controversial devices themselves. It’s also about what Cargill views as government overreach. “It’s the principle of it,” said the 54-year-old Texas gun store owner who six years ago sued over a federal ban on the devices, which allow people
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EDITOR: Sadly, it didn’t take long to see a demonstration of the impotence of Governor Whitmer’s gun storage law. A two-year-old child was killed through the negligence of her father (law or not) regarding access to a loaded firearm. Two articles in the Daily Press and other sources provide similar accounts, but also
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In a week marked by significant political and social events, the narrative of American and international developments unfolds with unexpected turns and profound implications. From Donald Trump’s decisive victory in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary to the somber return of Alexey Navalny’s body to his mother, each event encapsulates a broader story of power, resistance,
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A decent start. That’s how the state-level gun safety legislation unveiled last week was broadly received, even by those who have long advocated for bigger, harder limits on the supply and sale of guns and other measures that seek to prevent gun violence. “They represent meaningful progress without trampling on anybody’s rights,” Gov. Janet Mills
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NEW YORK — The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending. The New York jury found that Wayne LaPierre, who was the NRA’s CEO for three decades, misspent millions of dollars of the group’s money on pricey perks for themselves. Wayne LaPierre,
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Given his often testy relationship with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, the leader of the upper house of the Texas Legislature, it’s understandable that Roland Gutierrez, a Democratic state senator, felt especially uncomfortable when he couldn’t control his emotions in Patrick’s presence. Days after the May 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, which falls within Gutierrez’s sprawling
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Key Points Trump promised to rescind a rule curbing sales of gun accessories put in place by the Biden administration. Conservative gun owners are critical to Trump’s re-election chances. Republicans largely oppose stricter laws, despite a spike in mass shootings and gun death rates. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 US
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