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Manuel Oliver, the father of a Parkland shooting victim, was arrested Thursday in Washington D.C. after he and his wife were removed from a hearing on gun regulations.

Manuel Oliver, the father of a 17-year-old Parkland shooting victim, was arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill after he appeared to shout at a Republican lawmaker who was speaking during a hearing on gun regulations.

Manuel Oliver, the father of a 17-year-old Parkland shooting victim, was arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill after he appeared to shout at a Republican lawmaker who was speaking during a hearing on gun regulations.

The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles community where a gunman stormed a dance hall and killed 11 in January. He announced fresh federal measures to curb gun violence but emotionally declared there must be more. “Do something. Do something big,” he implored. “I’m determined to ban assault…

While only two states have gun measures on the ballot this midterm season, voters on both sides of the aisle will still be heavily influenced by gun policy as they head to the polls.

Gun control advocates argue that separately categorizing gun store sales could potentially flag a surge of suspicious sales activity to public safety officials.

Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms. Congress’ move to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” was nearly a decade in the making. It makes it tougher for a convicted domestic abuser to obtain firearms...

Georgia law makes it nearly impossible for festival organizers to stop people from carrying guns among the alcohol-fueled crowds.

Californians affected by gun violence will soon be able to sue firearm manufacturers and sellers for the harm done by those weapons, after Gov. Newsom signed AB 1594 into law.

The White House says Biden will sign the bill Saturday morning.

The bipartisan bill now goes to the House.

New York and a half a dozen other states with similar laws now must decide their next steps. As with New York, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island all have legislatures controlled by Democrats who could propose measures to ensure that guns will not be allowed in certain places.

The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings.

A bipartisan group of senators overcame some last-minute hurdles and released legislative text Tuesday on a narrow set of provisions to combat gun violence, including state funding to implement “red flag” laws and enhanced background checks. “Today, we finalized bipartisan, commonsense legislation to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and...

The House has approved a “red flag” bill that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms from people believed to be at extreme risk of harming themselves or others. It’s the Democratic-controlled chamber’s latest response to U.S. mass shootings, and likely stands little chance in the Senate. Republicans criticized the bill...

Zeneta Everhart, whose 21-year-old son Zaire Everhart was wounded in the Buffalo mass shooting, addressed lawmakers on Wednesday to demand new gun laws. “If hearing from me… does not move you to act on gun laws, I invite you to my home to help me clean Zaire’s wounds.”

President Joe Biden honored U.S. service members in remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday as part of a day of events commemorating veterans and their families.

Republican lawmakers across the country advanced dozens of gun-related bills this year to roll back firearm restrictions or challenge federal regulations — efforts that have come under scrutiny in light of recent mass shootings in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and a grade school in Uvalde, Texas.

Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they also have become increasingly scarce in most states.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday he will be signing at least 12 new gun law bills when they arrive on his desk.