Gun Legislation & Law Enforcement

Judge Urias said he agreed with plaintiffs who accused the governor of impeding on constitutional rights

Sheriff John Allen, along with other lawmakers and citizen groups, decried the temporary public health order as an infringement on civil liberties

In only a year and a half, gun crime in some Tucson neighborhoods has dropped over 75% since the Place Network Investigations program was put into motion

Why technology is the key to avoiding the next 9/11 and MCI preparedness

The new law will require deputies “to do a little more research” when they encounter someone carrying a firearm, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said

Four of seven justices found the scientific methodology is not reliable enough to allow examiners to testify that a particular gun fired a particular bullet

The man was arrested on charges of possessing a firearm without a FOID card and reckless discharge of a firearm, the sheriff’s office said

Some questioned whether authorities should have sought a red flag order when the suspect threatened his grandparents and vowed to become the “next mass killer"

There's currently no law against making ghost guns; the new law would ban the ownership, sale and shipping of ghost gun parts in New York

Family members, police and others can petition a court to temporarily remove guns from those a judge determines pose an imminent threat to themselves or others

Portland police said Jacob Ramos fabricated illegal firearms in his downtime using a 3-D printer and other tools

About a half-dozen other states have passed similar legislation

The law had subjected LE agencies with officers who knowingly enforced federal gun laws without equivalent state laws to a fine of $50,000 per violating officer

Local governments can't declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and ban police from enforcing certain gun laws within their border

The funding was announced on the fifth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida