The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Domestic abusers have gun rights too, US appeals court rules

The decades-old U.S. law barring Americans who commit domestic-violence from possessing guns contradicts the nation’s “historical tradition” of access to firearms even for people who aren’t “model citizens,” a federal appeals court ruled.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Recording: Wife told police mentally ill husband had gun

Police in Culver City, California, on Thursday released body camera footage showing events before officers shot an unarmed man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the back last year in the Los Angeles suburb

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Parole Board due to release serial rapist despite opposition from Justice Secretary

Andrew Barlow committed a catalogue of crimes in the 1980s against women and has served two prison sentences, but he could be freed soon

Wales Online · Feb 3, 2023

Execution of man convicted in killing of 3 in Texas delayed

A judge has delayed next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Police ministers to work on national gun register

National cabinet has agreed to the need for an increase in information sharing about guns across states and territories after a fatal Queensland shootout.

AAP · Feb 2, 2023

Teen arrested after entering Texas school following shooting

Authorities say a teenager who had been involved in a shooting with Houston police fled into a nearby high school, resulting in a lockdown of the campus and his arrest

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023

New Florida legislation would let judges impose death penalties if juries don’t

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could soon be the only state where a judge could override a jury’s recommendation for a life sentence and give the death penalty instead, under proposed legislation to re-craft Florida’s capital punishment system.

Miami Herald · Feb 2, 2023

Whose cry of ‘enough is enough’ should carry more weight — gun owners or victims of gun violence?

The true victims in “the path of destruction” are not gun owners, but the innocent kids who have had their lives cut short because of the easy availability of weapons meant for battlefields

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2023

Honor Tyre Nichols with real policing reform

His death should not be possible in a well-ordered society. One problem is the power of police unions to limit accountability for police misconduct.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2023

Anthony Lowe: Family brings lawsuit for ‘unacceptable’ LA police killing of double amputee

The family is accusing the city of Huntington Park of failing to train officers and discrimination based off of disability status

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023