Gun rights

"We're working seven days a week, 12 hours a day, just to keep up with the public at the door," one gun-store owner told Newsweek.

Around 25 states have taken steps to limit or shutter operations at all non-essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"There is a constitutional right at issue, and the question is whether states need to have carveouts for those constitutionally protected activities when they issue blanket orders," one legal expert said.

According to a statement provided to Newsweek, "Salary adjustments announced today apply to all levels of the organization."

"There are no guarantees in the law generally, but there are certainly no guarantees in the gun laws here," one attorney said. "Being a gun owner in New Jersey is fraught with risk."

Gun policy earns the starkest statistical divide of any of the 18 policy issues when broken down along gender lines.

The report follows a year of public revelations about the NRA's spending habits that have led to questions about its viability as a non-profit.

The legislation also contains a somewhat unique provision allowing for firearms rights to be restored after two years based on the approval of a state judge.

Powell was most recently LaPierre's chief of staff and was previously the executive director of general operations before his role at the organization was scaled back.

Unfinished receivers that have not been fully manufactured are not traditionally considered firearms, although some states have cracked down on unregulated precursors.

Vulnerable adult protection orders can be imposed when a judge suspects that the adult is experiencing neglect, abuse or financial exploitation, among other offenses.

In general, gun-rights supporters have voiced serious reservations about due process protections that they feel the proposed measures could erode.

"There were people shaking my hand," said Antonia Okafor Cover of the Gun Owners of America. "I mean, they even let me speak, for goodness' sake."

The controversial radio host was pictured in a black vehicle bearing the logo for InfoWars, his right-wing conspiracy website.

Antifa Seven Hills issued a statement after VICE News reported the group would be attending a rally to protest pending gun control legislation in front of the Virginia Capital in Richmond on Monday.

"Ironically, this outcome will only further embolden Second Amendment supporters to be even louder for their rights," a gun-rights group said in response.

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

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's legal opinion argues that the state's definition of "firearm" is expansive enough to encompass 80 percent receivers.

Ackerman McQueen told Newsweek that its former employee engaged in "outright fabrications." The employee said he's "proud to speak the truth."

While the legislation's purpose is to level the playing field among residents of different states, public opinion generally rests on the side of fewer firearms in schools.

A Nevada gun law that allows guns to be taken from people deemed to be "high risk" has been labelled an unconstitutional "government power grab" by a conservative group that filed suit in hopes of blocking the law.

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.