Concealed carry

Americans would better understand the importance of gun ownership if they got to hear more about heroes who stop mass shootings.

"The idea of proliferating arms on the subway is precisely, I think, what terrifies a great many people," Justice Elena Kagan said back in November.

Georgia became the latest in a growing number of GOP-controlled states to allow legal firearm owners to carry concealed handguns without a permit.

Ohio is now the 23rd state to allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun without a government-issued permit, according to the National Rifle Association.

Republicans that passed the bills in the state's General Assembly Thursday called them an important protection of Second Amendment rights.

"Individuals involved in the insurrection must be held accountable for attempting to subvert our democratic process," she wrote.

The governor is expected to deliver remarks on Wednesday in support of a new bill that will revoke the requirement to have a license when carrying a gun.

Wolf called the bill "dangerous" after surpassing former governors for the most vetoes signed.

An outside investigation determined the officer who shot a man being called a "hero" did so while believing he was a possible second active shooter.

SCOTUS began hearing arguments Wednesday for its biggest case on guns in over a decade.

Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical during Wednesday's oral arguments on whether or not New York's gun permit law should be struck down.

Texas state Senator Bob Hall, who authored the bill, told Newsweek, "The one thing most mass shootings have in common is gun free zones status."

Nicholas J. Ellingford mistakenly pulled the trigger while placing the pistol back into the waistband of his pants, police in Lincoln City, Oregon, said.

"We could have taken your order outside if you didn't want to... and if I tell you to wear one, you're going to shoot me?" the employee asked.

Subject to specific credentialing, Marine Corps law enforcement personnel will now be allowed to partake in concealed carry while off duty.

Some rigorous studies have found that permissive concealed carry rules lead to a decrease in homicides, and others find that these laws increase the number of homicides or have no substantive effect.

Gun owners in the state of Texas can now legally bring firearms into churches, synagogues and schools after a loosening of restrictions passed by legislators earlier this year.

The El Paso gun store also had twice as many gun sales the week after the Walmart massacre, which did not happen after previous mass shootings in Texas.

"The sign says 'no firearms or weapons beyond this point,'" Stubbs said. "It was very visible, on my door."

Wisconsin Democrat Shelia Stubbs posted a sign outside her office banning firearms, but her Republican colleague didn't pay it much attention.

The couple were making a purchase at a grocery store in Land O'Lakes, Florida, when the wife's gun accidentally when off, striking her husband with a bullet.

Police require over 700 hours of training to carry a firearm. Teachers in one Ohio school district will need just 27.

Out-of-state residents can apply for a nonresident concealed carry permit in Virginia without ever stepping foot in the state, or placing a finger on a trigger.

As interest in concealed carry weapons increases, so does the momentum on the gun violence prevention side of the firearms debate.

"It's almost like departments are operating like a real-life 'Westworld,' where people with means can pretend they're cops.... It's just insane."

Students and teachers over the age of 18 should be allowed to "protect themselves" with firearms inside high school and college classrooms, said an Ohio lawmaker.

House Republicans want to expand gun rights despite recent events.

Hours after Sunday's mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, the Lone Star State's Attorney General called on the faithful to come to services armed.

Six states have passed permitless carry laws—also called constitutional carry—in the last two legislative years, resulting in widespread reductions in gun license requirements from Republican-led legislatures.

In August this year, Nevada voted narrowly in support of Question 1 for background checks on private gun sales.