Gun rights

Moms Demand Action and other groups shared photos of demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court building ahead of oral arguments for the case NY State Rifle & Pistol v. City of New York, NY.

New York was, until recently, somewhat confident in its position. But everything changed when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Injuries to the head and neck were the most commonly reported. The average age of injured children was 12 years old, and boys accounted for almost 90 percent of injuries recorded.

Illinois law does not explicitly authorize district employees to carry weapons in school, nor does it delegate the authority to make such a decision to local boards.

The NRA lawsuit may have to face protracted litigation as lower courts have generally looked favorably upon modest gun restrictions.

Sixty-eight percent of Texas voters indicated support for extreme risk protection orders or "red flag" laws.

The event, titled "Rally for Your Rights," was organized largely by gun-rights enthusiasts without the backing of major pro-gun organizations.

Dan Boren had been ensnared in some of the NRA's legal disputes during a period of unprecedented internal turmoil at the organization.

Dmitriy Andreychenko's attorney told Newsweek that his client is a "good man" who erred in judgment.

Carolyn Meadows is a relatively new NRA president, although she is a longtime member of the organization.

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.

According to their bylaws, the group embodies the "last defense to protect the citizens and Constitution of the United States if there ever comes a day when our government takes up arms against 'WE the People.'"

The National Rifle Association, the country's largest gun-rights organization, quickly condemned the move as an "assault on our Second Amendment rights in the Golden State."

"The lurid facts underlying the dispute between North and LaPierre, and whether North is being singled out from other directors, is not relevant to what is in front of me," the judge said.

The New York Attorney General has sued the National Rifle Association and its former PR firm over what she alleges is a pattern of obstruction from the nation's largest gun-rights group.

The National Rifle Association and its estranged PR firm Ackerman McQueen engaged in a failed attempt at settlement negotiations to resolve ongoing litigation between the two organizations, a spokesperson for the NRA told Newsweek.

"I want to take everyone back to one of the earliest attempts at mass confiscation of firearms in the United States," Loesch said. "And that was Wounded Knee."

Coulter on Sunday weighed in on a Twitter discussion about gun control in the wake of Texas' second mass shooting during August.

One of the key accusations lodged against the NRA by departing board members is that they were prevented from carrying out many of their legally mandated responsibilities.

A poll by Fox News reveals declining support for the NRA among Americans and also gun-owning households as President Donald Trump mulls new gun control legislation.

A picture of a man with a large semi-automatic rifle slung over his shoulder in a Starbucks prompted social media debate Wednesday over "open carry" and U.S. gun rights.

Even without new legislation, there is nothing stopping gun dealers from raising concerns about customers, or denying a sale.

Australia radically changed its gun laws after a 1996 massacre and bought back hundreds of thousands of guns from its citizens. Could the same work in the U.S.?

Shannon Watts, founder of advocacy group Moms Demand Action, started a Twitter storm with a photo of lawmakers wearing pearls. And the gun safety campaigner says she's not done yet.

Blueprints for gun printing were set for release on the internet.

The 29 year old is accused of attempting to influence U.S. politicians on behalf of the Kremlin.

"All gun control is racist."

"There is nothing toxic about masculinity, but there are plenty of toxic things about third-wave feminism."

Kansas Secretary of State and Republican candidate for governor, Kris W. Kobach, waved to families at a parade outside Kansas City while riding in a red, white and blue Jeep Wrangler fitted with a mounted machine gun Saturday.

For all the noise around gun control versus gun rights, there was a story that was missed by non-gun owners like me: how much these guns mean to those who own them.