JURIST Guest Columnist Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law says that new federal legislation immunizing gun makers from tort liability might protect them, but not the innocent people who are so often victims of gun...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has lifted a ban on firearms in emergency housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , officials announced Monday. FEMA spokesperson Butch Kinery said the complaints from...
Brazil votes to keep gun sales legal in historic first referendum
Brazil, the country with the world's highest death rate from firearms , Sunday firmly rejected a ban on gun and ammunition sales in its first national referendum. Initial pre-referendum surveys had indicated a favorable view of the ban,...
President Bush has commended the passing of legislation shielding the firearms industry from civil lawsuits brought by cities, municipalities and victims of gun crimes and says he looks forward to signing the bill into law. The Protection...
FEMA reconsidering gun ban in emergency Louisiana housing parks
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday that it was reconsidering a ban on firearms for people living at emergency housing parks in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina after being pressured...
NRA fights 'arbitrary' weapons seizures in New Orleans after Katrina
A federal district court sided with two national gun rights groups Friday by issuing a restraining order to stop Louisiana law enforcement officials from taking weapons away from individual gun-owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
Georgian man indicted in US for assassination attempt on Bush
A Georgian man who allegedly threw a grenade at President Bush while he was speaking in Tbilisi in May was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday. Vladimir Arutinian , who already has been...
Iranian judges to carry guns for protection following attacks
From Monday Iranian judges will be allowed to carry handguns and may shoot if they feel threatened, according to an official speaking Sunday after the fourth attack on an Iranian judge in four weeks. Tehran...
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court tells country club to give same-sex partners spouse discounts
Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a private country club must offer spousal discounts to same-sex domestic partners. The court found that the country club's policy of allowing members' spouses to golf...
Judge uses new discretion to reduce sentences of "Virginia Jihad" convicts
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema reduced the sentences Friday of three Virginia men convicted of participating in terror training. Brinkeme had been required to sentence members of the "Virginia Jihad" to lengthy prison terms she had...