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LITTLE ROCK, AR -- The following information was released by the Arkansas State Senate: Over the course of the upcoming year legislators will study all the various laws in Arkansas [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA -- The federal government is working with a national gun industry organization to figure out how to compensate retailers who own weapons on a list [...]

Byline: DEAN BENNETT; THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON -- Alberta's justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the [...]

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said the Senate should consider defunding police departments in states that don't implement gun laws in the wake of the Colorado Springs shooting. Murphy condemned the [...]

TRENTON, NJ -- The following information was released by the New Jersey State Senate, Republicans: Federal judges are DROPPING THE HAMMER on new gun laws passed by Trenton Democrats, said [...]

The massive system already has major loopholes advocated by gun manufacturers to maintain easier access to firearms. The Senate's proposed gun reform measures could fall victim to those same limitations. [...]

Byline: DUSTIN COOK; Staff The Ontario Liberal Party is proposing to ban handguns provincewide within a year if elected to form government in June. Party leader Steven Del Duca on [...]

Byline: Jim Provance Dec. 15COLUMBUS Before heading for the doors for the holidays, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday sent Gov. Mike DeWine another anti-abortion rights bill and the Ohio House [...]

Byline: E.J. Dionne Jr. The Supreme Court's right-wing majority is so pro-life that it is willing to risk more killing by making it easier for people to carry concealed firearms. [...]

Byline: Jim Provance Nov. 2COLUMBUS A controversial bill to make Ohio the 22nd state to allow the carrying of hidden handguns in public without a permit could come to a [...]

HOUSTON, September 2, 2021 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Republican-led Texas, the second largest U.S. state in terms of land area and population, is trying to move full steam towards further [...]

Byline: Amanda Martinez amartinez@sfnewmexican.com Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has some concerns about a new gun law.But, he said, it's Civics 101. People elect local legislators, who pass laws, [...]

Byline: Maya T. Prabhu A Georgia Senate panel approved legislation that would make it legal for a gun owner to pull or show a firearm during a dispute as long [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: Earlier this session, the New Hampshire House and Senate passed pro-gun legislation which fixes the handgun purchase [...]

Byline: CLYDE HUGHES The Texas Legislature has given final approval to a bill that would allow residents to carry handguns in public without a permit, and Gov. Greg Abbott is [...]

AUSTIN, TX -- The following information was released by the Texas State Senate: Texans who can lawfully carry a handgun, concealed or openly, would be permitted to do so without [...]

Byline: Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) -- A controversial proposal to allow Texans to carry handguns in public without obtaining a license or training passed the state Senate Wednesday, putting Texas [...]

AUSTIN, TX -- The following information was released by the Texas State Senate: Texans would no longer need a state license to carry a handgun, either concealed or openly, under [...]

AUSTIN, TX -- The following information was released by the Texas State Senate: Texans who can legally carry handguns could do so without a state license under a bill approved [...]

The Texas House approved House Bill 1927 on April 15 and is sending it to the Texas Senate for final approval. This bill would allow handguns to be carried without [...]

AUSTIN, TX -- The following information was released by the Texas Democratic Party: Mere hours after an individual with 'a lot of ammunition and a big handgun' began firing indiscriminately [...]

(JURIST) - The Indiana House of Representatives approved legislation Monday that would eliminate handgun licensing in the state. Current Indiana law requires individuals to apply for a handgun license. Individuals [...]

Byline: Nicolas Napier A bill that would repeal the requirement for a permit to carry a handgun in Indiana was considered Wednesday during a meeting of the Indiana House of [...]

(The Center Square) -- On the same day the Missouri Senate debated 17 hours into the predawn to 'perfect' a COVID-19 business liability protection bill, the Missouri House made short [...]

Jacob Capron Staff Writer Less than two weeks ago, House Bill 0118 - or the Second Amendment Preservation Act- passed in the Wyoming House of Representatives and is pending approval [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: Dear Mississippi NRA Member: On Tuesday, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 1215 by Rep. [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: Tomorrow, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee will consider Senate Bill 958, cross-file bill of House Bill 910. [...]

Byline: Jens Gould jgould@sfnewmexican.com This year's high-profile firearms legislation will be heard by a House panel Tuesday, but it won't be the Judiciary Committee. The controversial Senate Bill 5, which [...]

Byline: Milan Simonich, The New Mexican Thirty sheriffs, four Democratic state senators and a cast of hundreds faced off Tuesday in a 90-minute debate that had only one piece of [...]

Byline: Gregory S. Schneider RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Senate on Wednesday passed a 'red flag' law that would allow authorities to temporarily seize the firearms of someone deemed a [...]

Byline: Jens Gould jgould@sfnewmexican.com Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday she will put gun legislation that would allow for 'extreme risk protection orders' on her agenda for the upcoming 30-day [...]

Aug. 13-- Aug. 13--If it's people with guns that kill people, not the guns, let's take the guns away from them. That is, people who clearly pose a threat to [...]

Byline: Jim Provance Aug. 10-- Aug. 10--COLUMBUS -- Following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last year that claimed 17 lives, Florida swiftly passed a [...]

Byline: Bob Bauder Aug. 09-- Aug. 9--Two Democratic state lawmakers say they are prepared to heed Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's call for a vote on more restrictive firearms regulations and [...]

Byline: Greg Bluestein Georgia Democrats demanded tighter gun control restrictions and protested a cycle of violence, horrified reaction and legislative inaction that's become predictable after the mass shootings in Texas [...]

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver denied a third request Monday to approve a proposed referendum on repealing a new gun control law. Republicans in the state House of Representatives [...]

This appeared in Saturday's Washington Post. - - - When the Maryland General Assembly convened in January, there seemed to be widespread support for closing the loophole in Maryland law [...]

Byline: Andrew Oxford aoxford@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico's top election official on Thursday rejected for the second time a proposed petition for a referendum asking voters to repeal a new gun law. [...]

Byline: Andrew Oxford aoxford@sfnewmexican.com New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver has rejected a proposal by critics of a new gun control law who want the measure repealed in [...]

Byline: Robert Nott rnott@sfnewmexican.com Stung by the recent passage of legislation that would expand requirements for instant federal background checks on New Mexico firearms purchasers, House Republicans are looking for [...]

The Virginia Senate has passed a watered-down version of a House bill that would increase penalties for recklessly allowing a child to access a firearm. Substitute House Bill 1083 would [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: Today, the Virginia Senate is holding third reading (final floor vote) on the anti-gun bills that crossed [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: It's a good day in Trenton when nothing happens, and that's exactly what occurred today. The Senate [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: On February 24th, the Senate Law and Justice Committee will be hearing a number of anti-gun bills [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee considered and quickly passed extreme 'Red Flag' gun surrender legislation, [...]

(JURIST) - The New Mexico Senate on Friday approved the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, which would allow firearms to be temporarily seized from dangerous persons, by a vote of [...]

FAIRFAX, VA -- The following information was released by the National Rifle Association: Despite strong opposition to the bill by law-abiding gun owners and law enforcement, the New Mexico Senate [...]