by Jim Heath | May 1, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Guns, Headlines
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today banned 1,500 models of military-style assault weapons in Canada, nearly two weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. Canadians are no longer allowed to buy, sell, use, transport or import those types...
by Jim Heath | Apr 1, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
The FBI processed a record 3.7 million gun background checks in March — more than any month previously reported, according to the agency’s latest data. The spike’s timing suggests it may be driven by the coronavirus. The Trump administration this week...
by Jim Heath | Jan 19, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
A gun-rights rally in Virginia is expected to draw a mix of militias, firearms advocates and white supremacists to Richmond on Monday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – as the state’s capital remained on high alert today. Many residents in the city are...
by Jim Heath | Jan 15, 2020 | Guns, Headlines
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency today that bars any weapons from the Richmond’s Capitol Square from Friday to Tuesday, after he received credible intelligence that hate groups and armed militias are planning violence at next Monday’s Lobby Day...
by Jim Heath | Nov 12, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
In a major blow to the firearms industry, the U.S. Supreme Court will not block the families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting from suing the gun maker Remington. The High Court declined to hear an appeal on a lawsuit against Remington, effectively allowing the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 11, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
The Trump administration is finalizing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, but many are wondering why the president doesn’t have the same passion about removing military-style weapons off the streets. There has been an outbreak of a vaping-related illness...
