Advocates hope the bill would pressure gun manufacturers to add safety features to their weapons, while providing support to victims. The bill is crafted in a way to avoid running afoul of gun ...

Rapid-fire devices are illegal in Oregon, and local governments can prohibit concealed weapons in public buildings. Gov. Tina Kotek held an event commemorating the passage of the Community Safety ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - Governor Tina Kotek signed the Community Safety Firearms Act (Senate Bill 243) into Oregon law on Wednesday, immediately banning rapid-fire devices and clarifying regulations for ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify the event held by Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday was a commemorative event for the law, which had been signed earlier this year. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) ...

Despite a legal challenge to halt it days before its implementation, Delaware's permit to purchase gun law went into effect on Nov. 16. That's because a federal judge denied an emergency motion by ...

A local judge has overruled a Savannah ordinance requiring firearms in vehicles to be securely stored. The judge's ruling cited a state law that prevents local governments from regulating firearm ...

The Alaska Supreme Court has disbarred former U.S. District Court Judge Josh Kindred, banning him from practicing law in the state, “effective immediately.” The court’s decision was announced Friday, ...

Maine voters on Tuesday approved a law creating a new path to temporarily take guns from dangerous people following a referendum campaign inspired by the deadliest mass shooting in state history. The ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially ...

The law is set to take effect in January, allowing families to directly seek a judge’s order removing weapons from a relative shown to be dangerous. By Jenna Russell Voters in Maine approved a “red ...