The U. S. Supreme Court has officially granted writs of certiorari for two separate cases challenging local and state bans on semi-automatic firearms, known colloquially in legislation as “assault weapons.

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Virginia will begin enforcing a new law on July 1, 2026 that bans the purchase, sale, transfer, import, and manufacture of many so-called assault firearms. Supporters call it a public-safety measure,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Semi-automatic rifles on display at R Guns on April 29, 2023, in Carpentersville, Illinois. - John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s ...

Handguns – specifically semi-automatic pistols – have ranked as the best selling type of firearm in the United States for over a decade. Though handguns have outsold rifles nearly every year since 2009, semi-automatic rifles, specifically those modeled ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday and the governor is expected to sign it into law. The high-powered firearms — once banned nationwide — are now the weapon of choice ...

The recent mass shootings at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky as well as Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee was carried out, at least in part, with semi-automatic rifles. According to Nashville police, the shooter walked into the private ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The suspected gunmen in two separate mass shootings in California this week both had semi-automatic firearms – weapons that gun violence experts warn mass shooters are increasingly ...