Gov. Walz on Tuesday promoted a “gun violence prevention package” including a ban on so-called assault weapons, new magazine capacity limits, a firearms insurance requirement and new spending on

The first piece of national gun control legislation was passed on June 26, 1934. The National Firearms Act (NFA) — part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “ New Deal for Crime “— was meant to curtail “gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. ”

The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications.

A new statewide poll shows most Virginians support stricter gun laws and favor keeping the commonwealth’s current redistricting system, even as many question whether tougher firearms restrictions would make them safer and express deep dissatisfaction with the direction of the country.

Most Virginians support stricter gun laws but are divided over whether tougher regulations would reduce violence, according to a new poll released by Roanoke College.

Minnesota lawmakers will take up several gun control bills on Tuesday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will unveil these proposals ahead of a House committee hearing that will discuss bills related to a ban on high-capacity magazines and assault weapons.

This is a developing story and will be updated Oregon House Republicans announced they would boycott the House floor Monday afternoon shortly after the Oregon Senate sent their chamber a

Attorney General James Uthmeier will not defend Florida’s law banning adults 18 to 21 from carrying concealed firearms, after a defense lawyer appealed a ruling that it was constitutional.