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Following a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas Saturday, lawmakers at all levels of government released statements regarding gun laws and policies. After ordering that the United States flag be flown at half-staff at all public buildings in the nation, President Joe Biden said in a statement: Republic Members of Congress cannot continue [...]

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Tuesday released a report detailing Americans’ experiences with gun violence. The report demonstrated a disproportionate effect of gun violence on people of color. The report surveyed 1,271 U.S. adults about their personal experience with guns. Of those surveyed, 21 percent reported being personally threatened with a gun and 19 percent [...]

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) Thursday urged the international community to demand the release of Toomaj Salehi, a rapper and voice of Iran’s protest movement. Iran police arrested and detained Salehi for taking part in protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed while in custody for improper dressing. [...]

The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5 million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2017 Devin Kelley opened fire during a church service, killing 26 and injuring 22 others. Kelley later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that eliminates licensing requirements for Florida residents to carry a concealed firearm in most public places. According to the law, citizens of the state who are legally entitled to own guns will be able to carry them without a special permit, and carrying concealed weapons in public [...]

North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that would allow residents to buy a handgun without a permit. Under the bill, residents no longer need a permit from the sheriff’s office which would eliminate background checks for those purchasing a gun. However, if a resident chooses to purchase a gun [...]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was cleared of wrongdoing in a preliminary corruption investigation, according to a Saturday statement from his spokesperson Vincent Magwenya. Magwenya confirmed that Ramaphosa’s office received a preliminary report from South African Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka on Friday which clears Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing in relation to the theft of large [...]

In New York State Pistol & Rifle Ass’n v. Bruen, decided last June, the Supreme Court issued one of the most unusual and dangerous opinions in American history. Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion instructed lower court judges to rely exclusively on history and tradition to resolve Second Amendment cases and to completely ignore the government’s asserted [...]

The Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments on the prohibition of firearms in school zones. The city of Pikeville appealed a decision from the state’s Court of Appeals, which held that concealed carry permits issued by the state allow permit-holders to carry weapons within federally protected school zones.  After the city of Pikeville put [...]

A US Circuit Court Thursday declared the law preventing those subject to a domestic violence restraining order from owning a gun, unconstitutional. In the case of United States v. Rahimi, the US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit found that the law was an unconstitutional restraint on Americans’ Second Amendment rights to own a firearm.  [...]