Gun Rights
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from gun rights, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 288 stories have been published about gun rights which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from gun rights, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 288 stories have been published about gun rights which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
Top Gun Rights News
Gun Laws · New YorkThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns in public. The 6-3 ruling, with the court's conservative justices in the majority and liberal justices in dissent, found that the state's law, enacted in 1913, violated a person's right to "keep and bear arms"See the Story
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down New York limits on concealed handguns
53% Center coverage: 338 sources
Business · WashingtonThe House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol is setting out to establish the historical record of an event damaging not only to a community or individual families but to the collective idea of democracy itself. After more than 100 subpoenas, 1,000 interviews and 100,000 documents, the committee has a story to tell. The open question: How much will the country care?See the Story
An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?
73% Center coverage: 75 sources
US & Canada · BuffaloTops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, will reopen to the public Thursday. The store was the site of a mass shooting that killed 10 Black people two months ago. Some residents say it's too soon to reopen; others say the store is the social hub of the neighborhood.See the Story
Buffalo market reopens to debate over healing, sensitivity
69% Center coverage: 45 sources
Latest News Stories
Entertainment · AtlantaLive Nation has refused to say why it recently called off September's Music Midtown. News outlets, citing anonymous sources, ascribed the announcement to a 2019 Georgia Supreme Court decision. The decision outlined limits on the ability of private companies to ban guns on public property. The ruling stemmed from a 2014 state law that expanded the locations where guns were allowed.See the Story
Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns
71% Center coverage: 45 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonCanadian government to ban the importation of restricted handguns, effective Aug. 19. Move is temporary though, with plans for it to remain in effect only until the previously-promised permanent importation ban is passed in Ottawa. In late May, the Liberals tabled Bill C-21, which if passed would further restrict legal access to handguns.See the Story
Canada to ban the import of handguns, official says
42% Center coverage: 45 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonSupreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions. One judge has temporarily blocked a Colorado town from enforcing a ban on the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic weapons. Court battles come as the Biden administration and police departments across the U.S. struggle to combat a surge in violence.See the Story
After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
76% Center coverage: 42 sources
US & Canada · Cobb CountyCobb County Board of Education votes 4-2 to pass the measure. The measure is intended to improve security in Georgia's second-largest school district. About half of states allow school employees who aren't teachers to carry guns on K-12 school grounds. No one risks termination or retaliation for refusing, the policy states.See the Story
Georgia school system to let some non-officers carry guns
60% Center coverage: 20 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonStark political divides among the states on abortion, gun rights and other issues are overshadowing a meeting this week of the nation's governors, who still hope to find common ground in a polarized climate.See the Story
Stark political divides among the states on abortion, gun rights overshadow US governors meeting
45% Center coverage: 20 sources
Twitter · IllinoisDemocratic Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García claims a tweet that was sent from his account laced with profanities and using a slur to refer to mentally disabled people was “unauthorized” A Twitter account going by the name of “Anarcho3D” responded to a tweet from García announcing that he had voted to ban semi-automatic rifles. “You are borderline retarded,” Congressman García’s account responded.See the Story
Democratic Rep. Garcia lashes out at Twitter user with profanity, offensive term
67% Right coverage: 12 sources
Nancy Pelosi · WashingtonHouse Democrats were forced Wednesday to delay legislation increasing funding for state and local police departments, amid pushback from progressives who are demanding more accountability measures for law enforcement. The House was expected to vote on a series of bills creating new federal grants for communities to hire more police officers, implement violence intervention programs and invest in mental health resources.See the Story
Democrats delay votes on police, gun control legislation
34% Center coverage: 6 sources
Gun Rights · BaltimoreA gun rights group this month resumed its challenge to Maryland’s licensing requirements for would-be handgun purchasers as an infringement on their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.The post Gun group challenges Md. handgun licensing, cites Supreme Court decision first appeared on Maryland Daily Record.See the Story
