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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he has vetoed 30 pieces of gun-related legislation, including measures that would have halted the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms. Youngkin’s vetoes announced Tuesday drew criticism from Democrats. They were not surprising, but the governor had been vague enough on the issue that he had left even gun-rights groups with a degree of uncertainty...

As Virginia’s 2024 legislative session ends, the fate of dozens of Democrat-backed gun safety bills is unsettled. For the first time since 2021, Democrats control both houses of the Virginia Legislature. As the session started, Democrat leaders promised a big push on gun safety. As the session went on, the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights advocate group warned…

Gun safety laws have been sailing through the Democratic-controlled Virginia General Assembly, but the question remains, which ones will Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin sign? Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team report he’s expected to sign some, but some victims’ advocates say that isn’t enough.

The Virginia House of Delegates approved an assault weapons ban on a party line vote Friday. Fairfax County Democratic Del. Dan Helmer’s bill would end the sale and transfer of assault firearms manufactured after July 1, 2024. It also prohibits the sale of certain large capacity magazines. “This bill would stop the sale of weapons similar to those I and…

There is growing momentum in the Virginia General Assembly for several bills that would place greater restrictions on some guns and the devices used with them. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports the Virginia House approved an assault weapons ban on a party line vote.

Maryland’s attorney general is requesting a new hearing after a federal appeals court struck down the state’s handgun licensing law last month. A three-judge panel considered the law in light of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling and found it violates the Second Amendment by placing arduous requirements on would-be gun purchasers. Attorney General Anthony Brown filed a request Tuesday...

A red flag law is a law designed to temporarily block someone from accessing a firearm if they’re at risk of harming themselves or others. Here’s what you need to know.

The justices on Tuesday suggested they’ll reverse a ruling from an appeals court in New Orleans that struck down the 1994 ban on firearms for people under court order to stay away from their spouses or partners

The judges heard arguments against a federal law that allows law enforcement to seize guns from anyone subject to domestic violence restraining orders. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Part of Maryland’s new gun law, going into effect Sunday, was struck down by a federal judge.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque has drawn an immediate court challenge Saturday from a gun-rights group.

The new rule would require people who sell firearms online, at gun shows or other places outside stores to be licensed and run background checks on the buyers before the sales

The ruling came after three people holding small signs urging gun control were removed from a hearing on Tuesday.

The voter-approved gun control measure is one of the toughest in the nation.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on additional protections for gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and sellers against lawsuits within a bill that lawmakers passed after a deadly school shooting.

A judge’s ruling striking down a federal law that bans licensed federal firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults under 21 is the latest example of how a landmark Supreme Court decision is transforming the legal landscape around firearms.

The city of Buffalo, New York, will pause to mark the passing of one year since a white supremacist gunman killed 10 Black people and wounded three victims at a supermarket.

The judge’s ruling is the latest decision striking down gun laws in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year that changed the test courts have long used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions.

The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety has voted to advance the raise-the-age bill in the wake of mass shootings in Allen, Houston and Uvalde.

The Canadian government is proposing a ban on assault-style firearms that would apply once legislation now before Parliament comes into force.