guns
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PublishedApril 23, 2024
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting
Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Supreme Court will take up the fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
At issue is a federal regulation that changed the definition of a firearm to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2024
A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the U.S.
Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2024
Hubbard C. Goodrich: The Second Amendment, revisited
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
Parts of firearms sent to be destroyed are instead being resold as gun kits
Maine law enforcement agencies say they were unaware of the practice and will review their methods of disposing seized and surrendered weapons.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2024
Maine agency cancels assault rifle class after complaints
A spokesman for the Maine Department of Fisheries and Wildlife said a class about cleaning and maintaining an AR firearm was abruptly canceled after complaints that it was inappropriate in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Judge again orders arrest of owner of former firearms training center in Vermont
A warrant for the arrest of Daniel Banyai, who built a large firing range without permits, was first issued in July, but it expired with no action taken.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2023
Portland police recover AR-15, pistol during traffic stop
Bryce Dingwell, of South Portland, is facing OUI and weapons charges after police find a loaded firearm after pulling him over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2023
Supreme Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with Biden rules on ghost guns
The regulation changed the definition of a firearm under federal law to include unfinished parts, like the frame of a handgun or the receiver of a long gun, so they can be tracked more easily.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Commentary: Safety in our communities shouldn’t feel so tenuous
Tasked with balancing public safety against personal freedom, how often do we get it wrong?
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