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Measures that don't: stand-your-ground and concealed carry laws, which studies consistently show increase gun homicides, and gun buyback programs, which have been shown to have little, if any ...
background checks on all gun sales, by a net 80 percentage points; creation of a national database with information about each gun sale, by a net 57 points; banning of assault-style weapons, by a net 42 points; closing the gun show loophole, by a net 70 points; requiring gun owners to store their guns in a safe storage unit, by a net 62 points.
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
Tait overturned a conviction for firearm possession in a school zone because the defendant was licensed to do so by the state in which the school zone is located. Convictions upheld post-Lopez under the revised Gun Free School Zones Act include: United States v. Danks (Eighth Circuit 1999) United States v. Smith (Sixth Circuit 2005) United ...
The Consumer Reports investigation found deals where a $600 computer cost nearly $1,900 after less than year's worth of payments, and a washer-dryer combo with an original price tag of $1,000 cost ...
LaPierre said that gun-free school zones attract killers, and that "the media demonize lawful gun owners, amplify their cries for more laws, and fill the national media with misinformation and dishonest thinking that only delay meaningful action." He said, "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," and that ...
Details about Michigan's new free gun lock program are to be announced at 11 a.m. Friday at the MDHHS Greydale Office, 27260 Plymouth Road, in Redford Township. Free cable gun locks will be ...
United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549 (1995), also known as US v.Lopez, was a landmark case of the United States Supreme Court that struck down the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (GFSZA) as it was outside of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce.