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Gun control laws have racist origins, 2A scholars say

by Andrew Shepperson

While many are clamoring for more gun control laws to try and slow violent crime in the country, some have taken the time to look back at gun control's complex history.

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Minneapolis Police chief asked to resign following high-profile shooting

by Chris Eger

Controversial Chief Janeé Harteau was asked by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges to leave the agency in the aftermath of the shooting of Justine Damond.

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Still few answers in police killing of Australian woman

by Brian Seay

There are more questions than answers for a family grieving over the loss of an Australian woman shot and killed by police Saturday night in Minneapolis.

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House Justice spending bill passes to floor with host of pro-gun riders, ATF spending boost

by Chris Eger

While gun control groups welcomed the prospect the nation's gun regulatory agency would get more money than last year, they balked at pro-Second Amendment riders trimming the agency's reach.

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Obama sends UN Arms Trade Treaty to the Senate

by Chris Eger

President Obama transmitted the controversial Arms Trade Treaty, which seeks to regulate the world’s annual exchange of $70 billion in conventional weaponry, to the Senate on Friday.

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Marianas moves forward with gun registration after legal rebuff

by Chris Eger

Despite a federal ruling issued in September that struck down a handgun registration scheme in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, local lawmakers have passed another.

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Court strikes down sweeping gun control measures in U.S. territory

by Chris Eger

A federal judge found the new law, which included a $1,000 tax on handguns, in the U.S. Territory of the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands to be a legal stretch.

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With $1,000 per pistol tax now law, gun rights group promises action

by Chris Eger

In what one legal scholar termed an attempt to "tax a constitutional right out of existence,” the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands has enacted an almost prohibitively strict gun law.

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Lawmakers approve $1,000 tax on handguns in lieu of total ban

by Chris Eger

Just 11 days after a federal judge rejected the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands' ban on all handguns as unconstitutional, the legislature has approved a severe gun control measure.

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Marianas look to establish strict gun laws after judge ends handgun ban

by Chris Eger

"This whole right to bear arms with the handguns, now we have to beef up security," said one official as the U.S Territory rushed to adopt a new 57-page gun control package.

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Judge drop kicks last handgun ban in the U.S.

by Chris Eger

A federal court found Monday that the long-standing ban by the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands against handgun ownership and import is unconstitutional.

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Amid gun control push, Smith & Wesson raises expectations

by Daniel Terrill

Smith & Wesson raised expectations Monday for third quarter results by $5 million and projects $660 million in sales three-quarters into the year.

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