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Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines

Ruling comes as supreme court is set to consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles violate US constitution

The Guardian - US

The Latest: Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order

The U.S. Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily

The Independent UK

Assassination in Utah, school shooting in Colorado: one day in US gun violence

Reaction to the shocking killing of Charlie Kirk has largely overlooked the obvious: the country is awash with guns and people prepared to use them on fellow Americans

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Trump plan to end birthright citizenship is more conceivable in second term

Given the conservative majority on the supreme court, it’s not a certainty that the right will remain in place

The Guardian - US

Republicans are silent on gun control a week after Trump rally shooting

Reagan’s assassination attempt led to bipartisan support for reforms. Now, the GOP will probably focus on security instead

The Guardian - US

Trump's Conviction Requires Him To Surrender His Guns. Civil Libertarians Should Be Troubled.

The former president's loss of his Second Amendment rights highlights an arbitrary restriction that applies to many people with no history of violence.

Reason

Wayne LaPierre: the man who remade the NRA as the ‘good guy with a gun’

Known for extreme rightwing rhetoric, LaPierre resigned Friday amid civil corruption charges

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A new California law restricts carrying guns in public — testing the Second Amendment

Gun owners in California can no longer carry firearms into a range of locations deemed "sensitive spaces." It is already facing all kinds of hurdles in the courts.

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George Skelton: Newsom's right on stricter gun laws but he misfired on his proposed constitutional amendment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom has a good target, but the aim is off in his effort to amend the U.S. Constitution with a gun-control mandate.

Los Angeles Times

California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months after a high-profile gun control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.

Los Angeles Times

Illinois’ sweeping firearms ban certain to end up in court, and some experts doubt it will stand

CHICAGO — In his closing remarks before a vote on a sweeping firearms ban, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon pushed back at critics who contended the prohibitions would violate the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Chicago Tribune

The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.

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Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to Second Amendment groups and firearm owners.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom to sign gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas' vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to 2nd Amendment groups and firearm owners.

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War on California gun laws revs up after Supreme Court’s ‘right to carry’ decision

LOS ANGELES — For years, the relationship between Miranda and Richard Wallingford and their Huntington Beach neighbor Jessica Nguyen has been unhappy — if not outright hostile.

The Guardian - US

After latest mass shooting, is the supreme court poised to expand gun rights?

Trump’s presidency saw three new rightwing judges, each backed by the powerful gun lobby movement

Reason

Sherif Girgis on the Draft Dobbs Opinion and Its Critics

An assessment of claims that Justice Alito's draft opinion rests on historical error, provides no meaningful basis for distinguishing abortion from other unenumerated rights, and forecloses constitutional protection of the mother's life.

The Independent UK

Justices to rule in gun case with US raw from mass shootings

With mass shootings in Texas, New York and California fresh in Americans’ mind, the Supreme Court will soon issue its biggest gun ruling in more than a decade

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Texas school shooting hangs over pending Supreme Court gun rights ruling

The latest U.S. mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school creates a new point of political pressure on a U.S. Supreme Court that has signaled it will soon limit state and local governments’ ability to enact gun control measures.

Los Angeles Times

US gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings

In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions.

Salon

Republicans won't let Robert Bork go

Republicans now insist that each Supreme Court nomination starts where the last left off

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