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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about gun laws, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 375 stories have been published about gun laws which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about gun laws, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 375 stories have been published about gun laws which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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US & Canada · East LansingA Michigan State University student who was on campus during Monday's deadly mass shooting is also a survivor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Michigan State University student who survived Sandy Hook massacre speaks out after shooting
53% Left coverage: 19 sources
US & Canada · OmahaJoseph Jones was repeatedly sent to psychiatric hospitals because of his schizophrenia. Last month, Jones opened fire in an Omaha Target store using a legally purchased AR-15 rifle. The episode demonstrates how gun laws fail to keep firearms out of the hands of deeply troubled people. A red-flag law has been proposed for Nebraska this year, but it hasn't received a legislative hearing.
Shooting at Nebraska Target highlights gaps in gun laws
Coverage: 12 sources
US & Canada · OttawaThe Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a mandatory minimum sentence of four years for firing a gun at a house is unconstitutional. The decision comes in the case of a man who pleaded guilty to four charges stemming from a May 2014 incident in Lethbridge, Alta. The sentence was increased to four years after the appeal was heard.
Supreme Court of Canada to rule on constitutionality of mandatory firearm sentences
55% Left coverage: 20 sources
US & Canada · Santa AnaCalifornia has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, with rules on everything from the types of weapons and ammunition that can be legally owned, to who can and can’t own a weapon, to broad funding for community programs aimed at curbing gun violence.
Could any law prevent the next Monterey Park mass shooting?
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
US & Canada · Harney CountyAn Oregon judge on Tuesday declined to lift his order that temporarily freezes part of a new, voter-approved gun safety measure requiring a completed criminal background check before a gun can be sold or transferred.
Oregon judge extends ban on new gun law’s background checks
83% Center coverage: 12 sources
US & CanadaJoseph Jones, 32, opened fire in an Omaha Target store using a legally purchased AR-15 rifle. No one was hit by Jones' gunfire, but police shot and killed the 32-year-old as shoppers fled in panic. episode demonstrates how gun laws fail to keep firearms out of the hands of deeply troubled people.
Shooting at Nebraska Target highlights gaps in gun laws
67% Center coverage: 9 sources
US & CanadaIncreasingly it feels like America is at war with itself. Simply keeping track of the shootings has become difficult, with locations and details and explanations running together into a blur
'Don't be numb to this': Battling despair over gun deaths
76% Center coverage: 38 sources
US & Canada · CharlestonWest Virginia lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring firearms on state college and university campuses, despite overwhelming opposition from frustrated students who came to the Capitol to testify against it.
West Virginia advances campus gun bill despite student alarm
45% Center coverage: 9 sources
