Gun Legislation & Law Enforcement

The justices rejected a "community caretaking" rule that may authorize police to enter a home even if they have no evidence of a crime or an emergency

The measure would also eliminate the state background check and training that go with the license requirement

The bill would bar state and local police from helping enforce new and future federal gun restrictions

A divided panel in San Francisco reinstated a Trump administration order that loosened restrictions on exporting the guns

Authorities said they didn't seek a hearing because they didn't have enough time to demonstrate the suspect's inclination toward suicidal thoughts

Some questioned if Indiana's red flag laws were working, given that police had previously seized a firearm from the gunman

Law enforcement groups largely opposed the move, saying the state’s existing permit system was an important safeguard for knowing who should or shouldn’t be carrying a gun

Just as you wouldn’t operate a motor vehicle without liability insurance, you don’t want to carry a firearm without insurance either

And could significantly expand warrantless entries into homes

Under a divided Senate, President Biden demanded the chamber pass two bills that would tighten federal background check laws and ban high-capacity magazines

In a year that brought relentless challenges, these are the five events the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact

Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is following a federal advisory listing gun and ammunition dealers as 'essential critical infrastructure workers'

The Wake County Sheriff's Office was struggling to keep up with the influx of new applications, which were coming in at nearly three times the normal rate

Sheriff Alex Villanueva deemed gun shops 'nonessential' and ordered them closed, a move contradicted hours later by the county counsel

An inmate filed a petition against the deputies working in the jail in an attempt to have their non-lethal weapons removed