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Washington state Governor Jay Inslee Tuesday signed House Bill (HB) 1240, prohibiting the sale, manufacture, import and distribution of assault weapons in the state. The ban includes AR-15s, AK-47s and many other kinds of semiautomatic weapons. According to the bill, “ssault weapons are civilian versions of weapons created for the military and are designed to [...]

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The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Friday announced that former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Lyons will stand on trial for the on-duty fatal shooting of unarmed 24-year-old Ryan Twyman in 2019. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department released a video of the shooting which left Twyman dead and the passenger, Dameon Lafell, injured. [...]

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The US House of Representatives has passed by a 217-213 vote H.R. 1808, a bill that, if enacted, would ban assault-style rifles. Sponsor Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, introduced the bill in the House in March 2021. The bill will amend 18 U.S.C. § 921 to add definitions of “semiautomatic pistol,” “semiautomatic shotgun” [...]

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Two New York residents and a gun rights group Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s assault weapons ban following the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down one of New York’s concealed carry regulations. The lawsuit alleges that New York’s definition of “assault weapon” infringes upon individuals’ Second Amendment rights to keep and bear [...]

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul Monday signed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York into law. The law aims to remove barriers to poll access. State Senator Zellnor Myrie believes the law is “the strongest voter protection law of any state.” Myrie hopes the law sends “a powerful message: every voter counts [...]

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The man suspected of killing 10 people by shooting in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket has pleaded not guilty to the 25 charges against him. Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old from Conklin, New York, is reported to have entered a supermarket that was three hours from where he lived, in a predominantly Black neighborhood, on May [...]

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The state of New York Thursday passed 10 gun-related bills that will create restrictions such as increasing the minimum age for purchasing or possessing a semiautomatic rifle to 21. Two of the other bills passed will prohibit people from buying bulletproof vests, unless they are law enforcement, and allow health care providers to “file an application for an [...]

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul, State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins and House Speaker Carl Heastie Tuesday confirmed that ten bills have been introduced in the State Assembly and Senate to strengthen New York’s gun regulations following the horrific mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas. The bills propose to require the exchange of information [...]

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