The Latest Breaking News from Gun Control

Having been blocked by Republican legislatures on regulation in the past, Michigan Democrats are forging ahead on tighter gun restrictions after the shooting at Michigan State.

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said the Michigan Senate will be "taking action soon" on gun control measures that include, at a minimum, safe storage laws, tougher universal background checks and red flag laws.

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"The 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives," said one gun control advocate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are launching a new effort to restrict who can carry concealed loaded guns — and where — as fresh polling data show that California voters have their backs.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months after a high-profile gun control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

In Illinois, approximately 80 of the state’s 102 sheriffs oppose the new Protect Illinois Communities Act

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…