4 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times
A case of conservative activism
THE SUPREME COURT'S invalidation of the District of Columbia's handgun ban powerfully shows that the conservative rhetoric about judicial restraint is a lie.
9 hrs ago | Wilson Daily Times
Shooting range guidelines put on hold
An hourlong discussion on everything from gun safety to National Rifle Association guidelines led the Wilson Planning Board to send a proposed ordinance on shooting ranges back to city staff.
13 hrs ago | Daily Breeze
Gun ownership in U.S.? It's automatic
It was a classic case of an activist judiciary in action. But it was activism for gun owners, which means that the recent Supreme Court decision finding Washington, D.C's, 30-year-old handgun ban in violation ...
18 hrs ago | Ledger Dispatch
Well, I'm sure this decision will result in more accidental killings, more murders, more stolen guns on the streets, and thus more misery.
22 hrs ago | Wilson Daily Times
Law enforcement officials are stressing gun safety in the wake of the accidental shooting death of 13-year-old Devonta Carpenter Saturday afternoon.
After DC gun ban overturned, city seeks new rules
Dale Metta, who manages a gun shop just outside the District of Columbia limits in Maryland, has had to turn away dozens of city residents wanting to buy handguns in recent days.
Guest Opinion: a victory and a warning,
The Second Amendment provides that "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." In District of Columbia v. ...
Editorial: Court's decision moves gun fight to Congress
A sharply divided Supreme Court has settled the issue for now. The Second Amendment to the Constitution does confer upon individuals the right to bear arms.
[Chicago] One person shot fatally, three others...
Chicago police will be out in greater numbers for tonight's Navy Pier fireworks show after four people were shot last night as crowds streamed out of the Grant Park fireworks and Taste of Chicago.
Jindal signs gill governing guns at workplace
Over the objections of 5 powerful trade associations, Governor Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that gives employees more freedom to take guns to work.
Guns are essential to self-defense
The ability to defend one's self against an enemy has largely changed over the past few centuries.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller might not have been as sweeping in its scope as we might have preferred.
The NRA's Ashley Varner says they'll spend $15-million on ads opposing Senator Obama.
The NRA's Chris Cox says gun owners are "not only very loyal, they don't like being lied to, they're not easily fooled, and if Barack Obama thinks that he can fool them or if they have -- that they have short ...
Walt Disney World Fires Back on Guns at Qork
Walt Disney World employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon.
Law schools looking to get their graduates into growth fields should consider adding courses in gun law.
The National Rifle Association is furious after Disney officials told employees they're still not allowed to keep guns in their cars while at work.
Most Deaths From Guns In America Are Suicides
Here's a fact the gun-control activists don't often talk about: ATLANTA - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their ...
Radley Balko: Shooting Down Defeat in D.C.?
For all of the hype, last week's Second Amendment ruling by the Supreme Court won't have much practical effect, at least in the short term.
Gun ruling's impact on election unclear
The landmark Supreme Court decision last week that voided the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns may have rekindled the gun-control debate on the national landscape, but local officials and political ...
Court takes giant step backward
I often wonder if Antonin Scalia might not be more comfortable in another century, past not future, one not touched by the miseries and dangers of urbanization.