Second Amendment & Gun Control
The latest news coverage, opinion and information on Second Amendment rights and gun control. The Second Amendment states "a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..."
DOJ weighs banning transgender people from owning firearms
The Justice Department is weighing options for limiting the right to own a gun for transgender people.
Survivors of Maine mass shooting and victims’ relatives sue U.S. government, alleging negligence
Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S. Army could and should have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out what they call “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history.”
National Guard troops patrolling D.C. are now armed
National Guard troops are now being armed with the Army’s latest sidearm as they patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital.
U.S. attorney will no longer bring felony charges against people carrying rifles, shotguns in D.C.
Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital will no longer bring felony charges against people for possessing rifles or shotguns in the District of Columbia, according to a new policy adopted by the leader of the nation’s largest U.S. attorney’s office.
2 gunmen among 3 killed in New York City bar shooting, police say; 2 other shooters still at large
Two of the three people killed in a bar shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn were among the four shooters who opened fire inside the building, the city’s police commissioner said Monday.
Man convicted of fatally shooting New Jersey pastor is sentenced to life in prison
A Virginia man convicted of shooting a New Jersey pastor to death outside her home in 2023 was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
2 officers killed and a 3rd is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities say
Two police officers were shot and killed in a northern Utah city and a man was taken into custody, authorities said Monday.
Biden judge: ‘I freak out around guns’
The federal judge deciding on President Trump’s takeover of Washington’s police department said Friday that she has a problem with firearms.
GOP state attorneys general join gun rights groups’ lawsuit to repeal National Firearms Act
Fifteen Republican state attorneys general joined Second Amendment groups that went to court last month to strike down the National Firearms Act.
Man who fired a shotgun outside a New York synagogue gets 10 years in prison
A man who fired a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue with dozens of children inside shortly after the start of the Israel-Hamas war was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 10 years in prison.
Shooter kills 3 in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas, before being captured, police say
A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas’ capital, killing two adults and a child before stealing two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.
Hundreds honor security guard killed in New York office tower shooting
Hundreds turned out to honor the life of Aland Etienne, the security guard who was killed last month at a Manhattan office tower by a gunman targeting the headquarters of the National Football League.
Man killed in Baltimore shooting that wounded 5-year-old girl, four other adults
Baltimore police said a man died Sunday after being wounded the night before in a shooting spree near the Pimlico Race Course that also left a 5-year-old girl and four other adults injured.
Suspect who ‘ambushed’ two Pennsylvania state troopers in shooting is dead, official says
A man who ambushed and shot two Pennsylvania state troopers Thursday died and the troopers were hospitalized, officials said.
Soldiers hailed as heroes for tackling armed assailant at Georgia Army base
Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.
