Guns in America
Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional.
2 teens suspected in shooting spree that killed 5 people from same family in Illinois
A pair of teenagers were arrested following a miles-long shooting spree in southern Illinois that left five people from the same family dead, officials said Monday.
Family of 1-year-old boy fatally shot by Mississippi police say goodbye, as questions remain
Before the outcry, before the demands for justice, before he was placed inside a small casket with a stuffed Bluey, a family had looked forward to sharing simple moments with Kohen Wiley, who was just months away from his second birthday and named by his maternal grandma.
Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii’s ‘vampire rule’ for gun owners
The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii gun restriction that limits when people can carry firearms on certain private properties, known as the “vampire rule.”
Supreme Court backs a marijuana user’s challenge to a restriction on gun ownership
The Supreme Court endorsed a marijuana user’s challenge to a law that bars people who consume illegal drugs from having firearms, the same law that Hunter Biden was convicted under.
Police arrest second suspect in Ohio festival shooting that wounded 12
Police have arrested a second suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival in Toledo, Ohio, on June 6.
The deepest fears of San Diego’s religious communities were realized in Islamic Center shooting
SAN DIEGO — As an elementary school student at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the early aughts, Sarah Youssef said she doesn’t remember there being guards on patrol or gates keeping out danger
Family says suspect in San Diego mosque shooting was influenced by hateful content online
The family of one of the suspects in a deadly shooting at a San Diego mosque this week said his exposure to hateful and extremist content online “contributed to his descent into radicalized ideologies and violent beliefs.”The Vazquez family apologized for the actions Caleb Vazquez is accused of, which they said there was no excuse for, and spoke out against online spaces that “normalize hatred” in the statement provided to NBC San Diego by the family’s attorney