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#1 New North Carolina Laws on Rioting, Power Station Attacks, Guns Take Effect

Dec 4 2023 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New or tougher criminal penalties against rioting, vandalizing power stations and harassing law enforcement officers and emergency workers are among North Carolina laws approved this year that...

#2 New York Civil Trial Against NRA Leader LaPierre Over ‘Lavish Spending’ Opens

Jan 10 2024 // The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a...

#3 New Jersey Brings Civil Suits Against 3 Gun Dealers Over Visibility, Security, Ghost Guns

Dec 14 2023 // New Jersey`s attorney general sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits...

#4 Experts Say Gun Alone Doesn’t Justify Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting of Florida Airman

May 14 2024 // On the afternoon of May 3, Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun in his hand and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a complaint about an...

#5 NRA to Have Surprising Defender in Supreme Court Free Speech Case: the ACLU

Dec 11 2023 // In a case of politics making strange bedfellows, the National Rifle Association will be represented by frequent nemesis the American Civil Liberties Union in an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.The New York-based civil...

#6 California Can Share Gun Owners’ Personal Information With Researchers, Court Rules

Nov 28 2023 // A state appeals court ruled that California can continue providing personal information of gun owners to researchers to study gun violence, reversing last year`s decision by a lower court judge who said such data sharing...

#7 Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M

Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...

#8 Supreme Court Seems to Favor NRA in Free Speech Case Against Insurance Regulator

Mar 20 2024 // Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group...

#9 Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots

Dec 5 2023 // An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside.At approximately 4:45 p.m., the...

#10 Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Mexico’s Suit Against American Gun Companies

Oct 8 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson SWBI.O and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico’s lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking...

#11 Kansas Schools Turn to AI to Spot Guns

May 14 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve...

#12 Questions on AI, Budget Deficit, Gun Owners Liability Await California Lawmakers

Jan 4 2024 // California lawmakers returned to work this week for the start of an election-year legislative session dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the state`s struggling budget.The budget is a big issue every year...

#13 Supreme Court Backs NRA in First Amendment Claim Against New York Regulator

May 30 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization’s First Amendment rights by coercing insurers and banks to...

#14 NRA Chief LaPierre Defends His Spending, Luxury Travel in New York Civil Trial

Jan 30 2024 // Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre took the stand in his New York civil trial Friday, defending himself against allegations that he violated the trust of the group’s 5 million members by...

#15 Prompted by Mass Shooting, Maine Implements New Gun Safety Laws

Aug 13 2024 // With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass...

#16 Savannah Ordinance: Vehicles Should be Locked When Guns Left Inside

Apr 23 2024 // SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Coastal Georgia’s largest city will require guns left in empty vehicles be securely stored, an effort that Savannah Mayor Van Johnson says is meant to cut down on gun thefts from unlocked...

#17 Michigan Man Who Was Accidently Shot in Face With Ghost Gun Sues Manufacturer

Mar 15 2024 // A 19-year-old Michigan man who lost his right eye after being shot with a firearm made from a ghost gun kit filed a lawsuit against his former best friend who accidentally shot him and the Pennsylvania company that sold...

#18 Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Attempt to Halt Gun Ban at State Fair

Sep 25 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — A judge last week denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of Texas.Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky denied the...

#19 NRA’s Ex-CFO Agrees to Nonprofit Ban; Avoids Second Trial; Still Owes $2 Million

Jul 11 2024 // The National Rifle Association’s former finance czar, Wilson “Woody” Phillips, has been banned for a decade from managing money for any nonprofit company in New York, the state’s attorney general...

#20 AI Weapons Scanners in NYC Subway Found Zero Guns in Month Test

Oct 30 2024 // A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released...