Minnesota lawmakers will take up several gun control bills on Tuesday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will unveil these proposals ahead of a House committee hearing that will discuss bills related to a ban

The first piece of national gun control legislation was passed on June 26, 1934. The National Firearms Act (NFA) — part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “ New Deal for Crime “— was meant to curtail “gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. ”

The proposal included a call to ban the sale of assault rifles and high-capacity magazines. It would also introduce a tax on the sale of weapons and ammunition, as well

The deadly mass shooting at a school in British Columbia came as Canadian authorities face significant obstacles in rolling out a nationwide firearms buyback that is mired in practical and logistical complications.

A new statewide poll shows most Virginians support stricter gun laws and favor keeping the commonwealth’s current redistricting system, even as many question whether tougher firearms restrictions would make them safer and express deep dissatisfaction with the direction of the country.

Sheriffs took to Facebook recently reaffirming their stances supporting the Second Amendment while more than a dozen gun control bills move through Richmond.