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The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it will strike down U.S. cities’ outright bans on handguns, a ruling that could establish a nationwide ownership right fervently sought by gun advocates. But the justices indicated less severe limits could survive, continuing disputes over the “right to keep and bear arms.” Chicago area residents [...] The coffee giant Starbucks says it won’t take issue with gun owners who take advantage of “open carry” laws and bring firearms into their restaurants. Virginia is one of the states that allow gun owners to openly carry firearms in public places. In some places, activists have gathered at restaurants — [...] The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take dead aim at the fierce debate over gun regulations in cities and states across the country, with California’s strict gun-control laws squarely in the cross hairs of the legal showdown. The justices on Tuesday will hear arguments in a challenge to a Chicago [...] Beginning today, people may carry firearms into national parks and refuges in states where right to carry laws exist. The federal legislation to allow this was authored by Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, who said “If a law-abiding citizen has the right to carry a firearm in their state, it makes no sense to [...] Wyoming citizens could carry concealed handguns without needing a state permit under a bill that passed its first committee on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 to recommend approval of House Bill 113 after a testimony from pro-gun groups and other supporters. “I bring the bill here today because I do believe it is our right [...] New rules will allow visitors to Zion National Park to carry semiautomatic rifles as they hike Angel’s Landing. Shotguns can accompany campers’ Coleman stoves on Dinosaur National Monument’s Split Mountain beach. Want your pistol on your hip while pitching a tent at Bryce Canyon National Park’s Sunset Campground? No problem, as long as you don’t actually [...] A controversy was brewing in East Palo Alto Tuesday night after a police detective made apparently joking comments through his Facebook account saying “open carry” advocates who visibly carry guns in public should be shot. Now East Palo Alto has become a reluctant testing ground for a battle of constitutional amendments: one police officer’s ‘freedom of [...] Pragmatism versus patriotism — that was part of the argument for some Top of Utah lawmakers Wednesday as the Legislature prepares to send one of the leading message bills in this session to the governor for his signature. The heart of the message is about states’ rights, and the vehicle is gun control. “Our responsibility is to [...] The Wyoming House of Representatives has voted to introduce a bill that would allow people to carry concealed firearms without the requirement of a state permit. The House voted 52-6 in favor of introducing House Bill 113, sponsored by Rep. Elaine Quarberg, R-Thermopolis. It now heads to the House Judiciary Committee. Current Wyoming law requires people to [...] A federal appeals court upheld a ban on convicted felons possessing firearms on Monday, saying it’s consistent with the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Thrice convicted felon Peter Vongxay, 27, had appealed a prison sentence for possession a loaded semiautomatic handgun, Horwood said. Vongxay, whose felony convictions include car burglary and drug possession, argued that [...] |
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