Gun Control

According to the White House, this order will help bring the country closer to achieving universal background checks without the need for additional legislation.

Germany’s gun laws and enforcement could face an overhaul following a mass shooting in a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg.

“Ghost guns are an untraceable menace that exist for one reason — to evade law enforcement and registration,” Tong said. “They are a threat to public safety, and they are illegal in Connecticut.”

Dozens of hospital and healthcare executives converged on New York City for a conference to discuss their role as “leaders” in reducing criminal misuse of firearms.

“We must strengthen the current safe storage and ‘ghost gun’ regulations in our state,” said Laura Kabel of Bridgeport, with the group Moms Demand Action.

“The Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act is one step in the right direction to slowing the proliferation of guns and ammunition,” she continued. “Americans did not send us to Washington to mourn them when it is our job to do everything we can as federal legislators to protect them.”

The Oregon Court of Appeals struck down Columbia County’s 2A sanctuary ordinance last Wednesday, citing existing state law that gives the legislature the sole power to regulate firearms in the state.

This effort aims to close the “boyfriend loophole,” a term used to refer to the current law that only prohibits abusive partners from accessing guns temporarily.

One week after the tragic shooting at Michigan State University, David Hogg and his “March For Our Lives” activists held a protest at the Michigan State Capital.