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The NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory Sunday for the state of Florida over a series of laws recently signed by Governor Ron DeSantis that the organization says “ to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.” The travel advisory reads: Please be advised that [...]

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Tuesday released a report detailing Americans’ experiences with gun violence. The report demonstrated a disproportionate effect of gun violence on people of color. The report surveyed 1,271 U.S. adults about their personal experience with guns. Of those surveyed, 21 percent reported being personally threatened with a gun and 19 percent [...]

The US Department of Justice Wednesday reached a $144.5 million settlement with families of those injured and killed in the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. In 2017 Devin Kelley opened fire during a church service, killing 26 and injuring 22 others. Kelley later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that eliminates licensing requirements for Florida residents to carry a concealed firearm in most public places. According to the law, citizens of the state who are legally entitled to own guns will be able to carry them without a special permit, and carrying concealed weapons in public [...]

North Carolina lawmakers Wednesday overrode Governor Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that would allow residents to buy a handgun without a permit. Under the bill, residents no longer need a permit from the sheriff’s office which would eliminate background checks for those purchasing a gun. However, if a resident chooses to purchase a gun [...]

The Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments on the prohibition of firearms in school zones. The city of Pikeville appealed a decision from the state’s Court of Appeals, which held that concealed carry permits issued by the state allow permit-holders to carry weapons within federally protected school zones.  After the city of Pikeville put [...]

A US Circuit Court Thursday declared the law preventing those subject to a domestic violence restraining order from owning a gun, unconstitutional. In the case of United States v. Rahimi, the US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit found that the law was an unconstitutional restraint on Americans’ Second Amendment rights to own a firearm.  [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Monday issued a one-page order staying a lower court’s preliminary injunction of a New York law which restricts gun possession on private property. The court is in the process of setting an expedited briefing schedule to hear an appeal filed by defendant and Superintendent of the New [...]

Voters in Iowa Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to adopt a constitutional amendment allowing people to keep and bear firearms. The final vote was 745,118 in favor to 398,881 against. This will make Iowa the 45th state to include the right to keep and bear firearms in its state constitution. The amendment as ratified reads: Right to [...]

The US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday marked up and advanced two bills that would ban assault-style rifles and make it easier to sue gun manufacturers if their weapons are used unlawfully. The first bill, advanced in a 25-18 vote, entitled the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021” (H.R. 1808), forbids the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or [...]