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HONOLULU (AP) — A judge is scheduled to consider Friday whether Hawaii can continue enforcing a new law banning firearms on its world-famous beaches, a measure that state leaders say makes them safer. The state's latest gun control measure landed in court because of a lawsuit by three Maui residents who want to carry guns on beaches and other places deemed sensitive by the law, which took

Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to prevent gun violence on Tuesday – one banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases, and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or sellers in certain cases. A crowd of gun-control activists and Democratic lawmakers broke into cheers as he signed the

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment to the Constitution that would enact gun control measures in all 50 states. According to NBC, The proposed amendment would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21, mandate universal background checks, require a waiting period when purchasing a gun, and ban the sale of "assault rifles." When asked why now? Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of gun-control bills into law on Tuesday, including a hefty tax on guns and ammunition. Guns and ammo sales in California will now be subject to an 11% tax under Assembly Bill 28. Such sales are already taxed at 10-11% at the federal level, but California is the first state to introduce its own state tax. “I’m celebratory, because I’m proud that we