U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is once again calling for the nation to outlaw assault weapons. Escobar, D-El Paso, announced Monday, June 23, that she had signed onto the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025 ...

A push for stricter gun laws in Minnesota is not new. However, this session comes on the heels of a devastating mass shooting last summer in which the target was students in prayer at Annunciation ...

PROVIDENCE − House leaders have scheduled a long-sought vote on a proposed assault weapons ban. The House Judiciary Committee will vote Tuesday, June 3, on a revised version of H5436, the bill that ...

The four New Yorkers killed last Monday should be alive today. Congress should follow New York’s lead, and take the lifesaving measure of barring civilian access to these weapons of war. Last week, a ...

Thirteen Rhode Island towns have passed resolutions opposing a proposed state ban on assault weapons. The Supreme Court recently declined to hear challenges to similar bans in other states. Some towns ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House on Friday approved legislation that would ban the sale and manufacturing of many semiautomatic rifles commonly referred to as ...

U.S. lawmakers are continuing to advocate for gun control by pushing an assault weapons ban proposal. "It shall be unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or ...

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A Rhode Island House committee is scheduled to vote on an assault weapons ban on June 3. The bill would prohibit the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of certain assault weapons, ...