Tag: Gun politics
California News Digest
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NRA drops countersuit, will fight New York AG in state court
NEW YORK — The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit accusing New York's attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year...
Oregon bans guns from Capitol, demands safe storage in homes
SALEM, Ore. — Legislators have brought guns into the Oregon State Capitol for personal protection. Protesters have carried semi-automatic rifles onto the grounds and...
EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are poised to use a filibuster to derail Democrats’ effort to launch a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6 attack...
Austria: Weapons seized in raids on opponents of virus curbs
BERLIN — Austrian authorities said Thursday they seized weapons and ammunition in raids on radical opponents of coronavirus restrictions.
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Conservatives push big issues to fore at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Abortion. Guns. Religion. A Trump-fortified conservative majority is making its presence felt at the Supreme Court by quickly wading into high-profile social...
Governor’s OK means S Carolina now allows open carry of guns
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster said Monday he signed into law a bill allowing people with concealed weapons permits from the state to...
Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a...
Putin: school shooting in Kazan ‘has shaken all of us’
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that the deadly school shooting in Kazan “has shaken” the country and ordered the government...
EXPLAINER: With bankruptcy tossed, what’s next for the NRA?
NEW YORK — Now that a judge has rejected the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy bid, blocking its plan to reincorporate in Texas, the gun...