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One of the nation's leading gun manufacturers has reached a settlement in a nationwide lawsuit claiming a popular hunting rifle has a defective trigger mechanism that can cause injury and death.
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Read More »Defense bar urges caution after ‘straw buyer’ ruling
This week’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court holding that a man who bought a firearm on behalf of another qualified buyer violated a federal law barring “straw purchases” of guns may be limited to its facts.
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Read More »Court again rejects challenge to handgun permit law
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a New Jersey law that requires a “justifiable need” to carry a handgun in public, sidestepping a dispute over the scope of the Constitution’s gun-rights protections.
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Read More »Gun law proposals draw fire
Advocates for gun rights and handgun control battled Wednesday over two legislative proposals, one to ease restrictions on the carrying of firearms and the other to ban the possession of deadly weapons on the grounds of private schools.
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Read More »Hundreds attend Second Amendment Rally in Annapolis
The 2A Tuesday Rally comes nearly a year after the General Assembly passed sweeping gun control legislation requiring fingerprint to purchase a gun and restricting the sizes of magazines that can be sold in the state.
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Beretta to expand in Tenn.
Italian gun maker Beretta said Wednesday that Tennessee's support for gun rights was a major factor in its decision to build a manufacturing and research facility in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin.
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Read More »Supreme Court deciding on reach of federal gun ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court debated Wednesday how to apply a federal gun ban to those with misdemeanor domestic violence records, with justices trying to figure out a middle road between what one justice called two extreme positions. Justices heard ...
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Read More »Law blog roundup
Here are some news items to kickoff the week.
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Read More »Petition drive starts to put college gun ban on Colo. ballot
DENVER — Colorado’s gun control debate is moving out of the state Capitol and straight to voters. A group of gun control supporters got permission Thursday to start gathering signatures for a ballot measure to ban concealed weapons on public ...
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