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Thursday’s Supreme Court decision on New York’s concealed carry law could leave other gun laws open to challenges – if opponents can prove the laws are not rooted in historical precedent and the Second Amendment. Caroline Mala Corbin, law professor at University of Miami, joins LX News to explain.

In a 6-3 decision by the court’s conservative majority, the justices ruled that requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public violated the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.”

Senate bargainers reached agreement Tuesday on a bipartisan gun violence bill, potentially teeing up final passage by week’s end on an incremental but landmark package. Here’s what’s in it and what’s left out.

BRUNSWICK, Maine – One of the Senate’s most moderate members says a new package of negotiated gun reforms doesn’t go far enough to address America’s gun violence epidemic, but Congress still must pass the package, which represents the most significant gun deal brokered by the legislative body in decades. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said lives would be saved by the...

A group of senators reached a bipartisan framework agreement aimed at reducing gun violence. News4’s Darcy Spencer takes a look at what’s in this deal, what’s not, and tells us what’s next.

From coast to coast, huge crowds demanded tougher gun laws — the Uvalde school shooting adding urgency to their cause. But as Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports, a frightening moment underscored the fear of gun violence in the U.S.

Thousands of people rallied on the National Mall and across the United States on Saturday in a renewed push for gun control measures after recent deadly mass shootings.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., discussed the gun lobby and how profits correlate with gun deaths in America.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams called on Congress to “bring an end to gun violence,” warning that “the clock is ticking every day, every minute, towards another hour of death.”

Advocates for tougher gun laws joined former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords on the National Mall. Giffords, who is a survivor of gun violence, unveiled her display of tens of thousands of flowers which represents a life cut short by gun violence. News4’s Mark Segraves has more on the call to action.

He related the personal stories of a number of the victims of the shooting in his hometown, displaying the artwork of one girl and the trademark green tennis shoes worn by another.

The son of an 86-year-old woman killed in the racist Buffalo mass shooting is calling on Congress to act against domestic terrorism.

Weeks after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the state passed major legislation on guns with bipartisan support. Now after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York, there are renewed calls for action on guns. NBC Miami’s Tony Pipitone explains.

California is spending $11 million on education programs promoting wider use of “red flag” laws that are designed to temporarily take guns away from people who are deemed at risk of harming themselves or others, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

Partisan positions were clear at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” an omnibus gun control bill backed by Democrats that Republicans largely oppose.

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. The bill would also make it a federal offense to manufacture or possess large-capacity magazines, and would create a grant program to buy back such magazines. Democrats are working quickly to put their stamp on gun legislation in...

In Canada, you need a license, training and two references to buy a gun, and there is a 28-day waiting period for your purchase. And many of these restrictions were imposed in response to a school shooting in Montreal that killed 14 students. Now Canada could impose a freeze on handgun purchases, citing a rise in gun violence and concerns...

The nation’s governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

The gunman who killed 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, couldn’t be stopped by police for at least 40 minutes after the attack began. A representative for the Gun Owners of America says one solution is to let teachers carry guns too — to take down mass shooters when police can’t.

Democrats and Republicans say they hope to find consensus on legislation that could help reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States.