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A man inspects a handgun inside of the Beretta booth during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting in Indianapolis on April 28, 2019. File photo by REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Politics Apr 29

Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement

By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Nation Feb 17

An aerial photo of police and emergency vehicles parked in a lot adjacent to a warehouse at the scene of a mass shooting involving multiply casualties in Aurora, Illinois, U.S., February 15, 2019. Bev Horne/Daily Herald/via Reuters
Aurora shooter’s permit was revoked but gun wasn’t seized

An initial background check failed to detect a felony conviction that would have barred the man who killed five co-workers and wounded six others at a suburban Chicago manufacturing plant from buying the gun.

By Don Babwin, Julie Watson, Associated Press

Politics Jun 28

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago’s 30-Year-Old Handgun Ban

The Supreme Court struck down a Chicago law banning handguns, ruling that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms regardless of where they live. Jeffrey Brown talks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal, who was in…

Politics Mar 02

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Supreme Court Weighs Scope of Right to Bear Arms

The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of Chicago's ban on handguns. Jim Lehrer speaks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how the court's ruling could affect gun rights, especially on the state and local level.

Politics Apr 03

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Gunman Kills 13 in Attack on N.Y. Immigration Center

A gunman opened fire Friday at an immigration center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13 people and taking dozens of hostages before authorities found him dead. Judy Woodruff gives an update.

Jun 26

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Court Affirms Individual Right to Own Firearms

By Admin, PBS News Hour

In the first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history, a divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting.

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Mar 18

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Second Amendment in Spotlight as Court Hears Gun Case

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case debating the constitutionality of Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns. After a report on the case's background, the National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle examines how the case played out in before…

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