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Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayed
Read full article: Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayedVoters in Oregon passed one of the nation's toughest gun control laws, but the new permit-to-purchase mandate is facing a legal challenge with days to go before it takes effect.
Permitless carry laws raise new dilemmas for police officers
Read full article: Permitless carry laws raise new dilemmas for police officersPermitless carry laws in states including Kentucky, Idaho and Texas are creating a dilemma for police officers working the streets: They now have to decide, sometimes in seconds, if someone with the right to carry a gun is a danger.
Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings
Read full article: Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootingsWith mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americansโ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade.
Potential legal woes mount after 'Rust' shooting tragedy
Read full article: Potential legal woes mount after 'Rust' shooting tragedyExperts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger on a prop gun while filming โRustโ in New Mexico and unwittingly killed a cinematographer and injured a director.
Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun sales
Read full article: Background checks blocked a record high 300,000 gun salesRecords show the number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales.
Guns are on Supreme Court's agenda days after mass shootings
Read full article: Guns are on Supreme Court's agenda days after mass shootingsFILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo the Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON โ A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court's agenda, days after mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia. The appeal comes from New York, which gun rights groups say is among eight states that make it difficult if not virtually impossible for people to get permits to carry guns in public. Unclear is whether the recent mass shootings will affect the court's consideration of the case. โThe justices may be more reluctant to take a big Second Amendment case right now," Winkler said.
US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
Read full article: US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by RepublicansWolf hunting policies in some states are taking an aggressive turn, as Republican lawmakers and conservative hunting groups push to curb their numbers and propose tactics shunned by many wildlife managers. AdThe timing of the Wisconsin hunt was bumped up following a lawsuit that raised concerns President Joe Bidenโs administration would intervene to restore gray wolf protections. The states have been holding annual hunts since, and wildlife officials cite stable population levels as evidence of responsible wolf management. AdโToo many wolves,โ Republican state Sen. Bob Brown said of his mountainous district in northwest Montana. AdโIโm not surprised weโre seeing hunting groups wrap themselves in the mantle of patriotism,โ Winkler said.
He sold illegal AR-15s but feds agreed to let him go free
Read full article: He sold illegal AR-15s but feds agreed to let him go freeThey have both an upper and lower receiver two parts as opposed to the single part described in the law. Federal law enforcement officials and members of Congress have been on notice about a potential problem with the language in federal gun law as applied to AR-15s since at least 2016. The documents state that the un-serialized matte black rifle Zawahri used to carry out the attack "appears to have been manufactured from an 80% lower receiver." The documents note that investigators recovered a ROHG Industries invoice for an 80% lower receiver in Zawahri's residence after he was killed by police. The lower receiver in Roh's case does not have a bolt or breechblock and is not threaded to receive the barrel, Nicolaysen noted.