Gun Legislation and Law Enforcement
In the Gun Legislation & Law Enforcement section you’ll find news reports and expert articles about the bills proposed regarding gun laws and the most up-to date news on the legislation affecting gun owners and law enforcement.
The bill aims to fix many of the issues with LEOSA
More than a dozen states have laws on the books that allow local law enforcement to seize firearms from people diagnosed as mentally ill
Just as you wouldn’t operate a motor vehicle without liability insurance, you don’t want to carry a firearm without insurance either
Both proponents and opponents are expected to turn out in large numbers for the bill’s first committee hearing
At least three sheriffs have publicly shown their support, said they believe the law, which came into effect this month, is unconstitutional
Officials outlined a plan to establish a mobile precinct, conduct more patrols and work with federal prosecutors to keep shooters behind bars
The deaths of Officers Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama have added new urgency to efforts to pass legislation prohibiting lending guns to another person
The bill would allow police to temporarily take people’s guns away if a judge deems them a threat to themselves or others
The bill currently on the state senate floor originated with two sheriffs who said they never wanted to be without their weapons in case of a mass shooting
A spokesman for the Capitol police said there have been no reports of arrests or injuries despite previous threats of violence
A judge previously ruled in favor of the ban after law enforcement identified ‘credible evidence’ that armed groups planned to attend the rally
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, who previously said he would not serve notice about the petition, said he was ‘pleased’ with the ruling
Gov. Ralph Northam plans to ban all weapons, including guns, from the state capitol’s grounds ahead of a planned rally over gun rights
Sheriff Justin Smith said he won’t serve a petition against a university police officer, calling it a ‘fraud’ in a post online
Sheriff Scott Jenkins said he would swear in ‘thousands’ of auxiliary deputies as a measure of community protection
Authorities say the gun used to fatally shoot two students is unregistered and untraceable
Police are too often put in the middle of political debates
Dmitriy Andreychenko was charged with making a terrorist threat after he showed up at the superstore with a rifle
Cops and citizens could become victims of these new statutes if due process and other fundamental liberties are violated
The bill was vetoed twice by former governor Jerry Brown
Publix is joining a growing number of retailers in asking customers not to openly carry firearms in its stores, even if state laws allow it
Critics decry it as a scare tactic that lumps people arrested while carrying or even standing near a gun with those who have pulled them out and used them
A friend of the Dayton gunman who killed nine people told federal agents he bought him body armor, a gun accessory and a 100-round magazine earlier this year
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said there’s “a growing wave of support on both sides of the aisle” for the red-flag plan
Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio needs to do more while balancing people’s rights to own firearms
San Luis Obispo Chief Deanna Cantrell revealed her mistake in a video on the department’s Facebook page
The lawsuit is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability
Most agencies do issue retiring officers the credentials that are required to carry a firearm under LEOSA, but it’s not always the case
Gov. Ralph Northam is summoning lawmakers back to the state Capitol to consider a package of gun-control legislation in the wake of last week’s mass shooting
Police say a suppressor was attached to the handgun the gunman used to kill a dozen people
Lawmakers are on the brink of not passing any new gun restrictions or firearm storage laws a year after the tragedy
A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of violating a state law that outlaws the manufacture, possession or sales of assault weapons
The new rules update existing gun-surrender requirements for people under restraining orders, adding a requirement for LE to serve the orders
