Lawmakers pass one gun control measure

Lawmakers pass one gun control measure, another misfires in Senate

One new gun control measure passed the Minnesota Senate on Thursday, and another is crumbling even after passing in the House.

The gun legislation Congress has passed and rejected amid mass ...

The law includes $750 million to help states implement so-called "red flag" laws to remove firearms from people deemed to be a danger to ...

Congress passes first gun control bill in decades - BBC

It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages states to remove guns from people considered a threat. The measures enjoyed ...

Scholarly Articles on Gun Control: History, Legislation & Activism

Gun rights groups, such as the National Rifle Association (NRA), aim to prevent new gun control legislation and, if possible, roll back existing regulations.

These are the gun control laws passed in 2022 - CNN

President Joe Biden in June signed into law the first major gun safety legislation passed in decades. The measure failed to ban any weapons, but ...

Gun Law Trendwatch 2024 | GIFFORDS

Passing permit to purchase laws decreases gun violence, while repealing these laws increases it. However, the gun lobby continues to fight against commonsense, ...

Enacting Common Sense Gun Reform - Joe Morelle - House.gov

I'm proud to support numerous pieces of legislation to keep families safe from gun violence, including measures to ban assault weapons, enact universal ...

Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Banning Assault Weapons and Sale ...

"Our state demanded firearm reform to reduce gun violence, and the legislature stepped up and delivered one of the strongest bills in the nation, one that can ...

Everytown US gun control laws study 2023 - CNN

Measures that require universal background checks for gun purchases – enacted last year in Michigan – and ban assault weapons and high-capacity ...

House passes tough new gun measures hours after wrenching ...

House lawmakers will vote Thursday on a separate bill dealing with red-flag laws that could allow authorities to keep guns out of the hands of ...

2022 State Victories for Gun Safety | Everytown

Throughout the 2022 session, state lawmakers and governors enacted at least 51 gun safety laws. But that's not all: They also blocked 95% of the ...

Senate passes bipartisan gun control legislation in 65-33 vote

Washington — The Senate late Thursday voted 65 to 33 to pass the bipartisan gun control bill, the most significant legislation addressing guns ...

Congress Passes Bipartisan Gun Legislation, Clearing It for Biden

And it strengthens laws against straw purchasing and trafficking of guns. Image. The House approved the measure 234 ...

Legislature passes spending bill, gun control measures after ...

Earlier in the day, lawmakers gave final approval to a suite of gun control measures roughly six months after the worst mass shooting in Maine ...

3 states pass major gun control reform packages - ABC News

One of the bills, SB1 passed by the legislature removes the "good and substantial reason" from the law, which Democratic lawmakers said would ...

Biden signs gun safety bill into law - NPR

President Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major gun safety legislation passed by Congress in nearly 30 years.

USDOJ: United States Department of Justice Archive - Appendix C

Following the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 ...

Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Bill Into Law - The New York Times

The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress ... pass that measure and other gun control provisions failed in the Senate.

DFL-controlled House to pass gun control bills, harsher punishment ...

House Democrats on Monday were on track to pass several gun control measures: new rules for how gun owners store their firearms, mandatory reporting for lost ...

U.S. lawmakers OK'd more pro-gun bills than safety measures since ...

State legislators around the country have passed more laws expanding gun access than they have measures on gun control in the year since the Uvalde, Texas, ...