Justice Department sues Virginia, California over gun laws
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and that "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans."
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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and that "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans."
The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii restriction that prohibits concealed-carry permit holders from bringing their firearms onto private property that is open to the public, like gas stations, restaurants or shops.
The Supreme Court unanimously found that a Texas man's prosecution for having a firearm while he was an occasional, unlawful marijuana user was too broad an interpretation of the law and violated his Second Amendment. CBS News' Jan Crawford reports.
When the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety announced it would introduce a new array of firearms training classes, it caught some longtime supporters off guard.
Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to "get guns off our streets," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday.
At least 15 people were killed and 40 others wounded in a shooting at one of Australia's most popular beaches on Sunday during the first night of Hanukkah celebrations. CBS News' Anna Schecter has the latest.
Their little girls were "having an absolute ball" at a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, before gunmen shattered the joy.
For the second time in 3 decades, Australian leaders have vowed to respond quickly to a mass shooting with tighter gun ownership laws.
Voters in Colorado and Maine are heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots for several proposals. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has the details.
Under Florida law, businesses and private property owners can choose whether to allow or ban open carry on their premises.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss his book "A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life," which explores the history of African Americans and guns, his reporting on gun violence, and his personal journey.
Australian police are hunting for a man accused of killing 2 of their own. He's well-armed, and local media say he's a radical anti-government conspiracy theorist.
In the second episode of this two-part documentary, CBS Reports follows a growing movement of militias refusing to comply with new gun regulations. As the country navigates a pandemic, economic shutdowns and political unrest, gun sales are soaring and gun rights activists argue Americans should be armed now more than ever.
Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teenagers in the United States, and new research found that Florida adolescents carrying handguns increased by 65% from 2002 to 2022.
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Children's deaths by gun-related homicide and suicide rose in states that had the most permissive firearm laws following a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision, a new study found.
Officials in Austria say a school shooting has left at least 10 people dead in the European nation's second-largest city, Graz. The shooter is also dead.
In declining to take up the case, the Supreme Court leaves intact a lower court decision upholding Maryland's ban on certain semiautomatic rifles.
Florida legislature has been considering the removal of a gun control law passed after the 2018 massacre in Parkland in which 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A mass shooting at Florida State University on Thursday killed two people and at least five were injured, according to police. A sheriff's deputy's son is in custody, police say. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more on the suspect and Willie James Inman reports on the White House's response.
The president said the FSU shooting was "terrible" and a "shame," but suggested new gun laws are unlikely, calling himself a "big advocate of the Second Amendment."
In the first episode of this two-part documentary, CBS Reports explores an armed backlash to new gun laws. Mass shootings in Virginia have mobilized the fight for more regulation, but some counties won't enforce laws they say infringe on their residents' constitutional rights.
A new episode of CBSN Originals' Reverb series investigates how gun owners are growing more diverse. CBSN previews the "The New Pro-Gun Generation," and then the founder and president of the Latino Rifle Association, P.B. Gomez, speaks with Tanya Rivero about what is driving the trend.
The Supreme Court was considering a challenge to a 2022 regulation that sought to regulate ghost guns.
Judge Lawrence VanDyke released the video after a California appeals court upheld a ban on high-capacity gun magazines.