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News Articles: gun rights

Former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre (second from right) leaves New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday. Top NRA executives for were accused of using millions in donations for private luxuries.

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Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption case

Top executives for the gun rights nonprofit were accused of using millions in NRA donations for private luxuries. A jury found former CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for more than $5.4 million in damages.

February 23, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann and
  • Emma Bowman
People walk past a gun club on June, 23, 2022, in Honolulu. A ruling by Hawaii's high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit uses pop culture references in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.

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Hawaii's high court cites 'The Wire' in its ruling on gun rights

It says a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit citing "The Wire" and invokes the "spirit of Aloha" in rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights.

February 09, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
C.J. Hurst of West Covina, Calif., holds up a .44-caliber rimfire Model 66 Winchester rifle as he poses with his collection of about 600 antique guns in 1952.

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  • National

In today's gun rights cases, historians are in hot demand. Here's why

The Supreme Court has made history a central test of whether a gun control law is constitutional. That has meant a boom in demand for gun law historians, who are digging up forgotten old gun laws.

February 03, 2024
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  • Martin Kaste
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court leaves Illinois semiautomatic gun ban in place

Two lower courts have upheld the law, and Thursday's Supreme Court action marked the second time in six months that the justices have declined to intervene.

December 14, 2023
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  • Nina Totenberg
Janet Paulsen shows a photo of some of the dozens of guns that police seized from her estranged husband days before he ambushed her at their home in 2015. Paulsen still lives in the home in Acworth, Ga., Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. “Every step of the way it seemed like his rights were more important … than mine and my children’s,” she says.

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Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?

Domestic violence victims believe that 'red flag' laws that remove firearms from people in crisis can save lives. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the issue in a Texas case next month. Former Georgia prosecutor April Ross has been a quadriplegic since her estranged husband shot her before killing himself in 2014. She says what's lost in the argument is the value of human life — including his.

October 31, 2023
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  • Associated Press
In this 2019 photo, NAAGA members Michael Doyle (left), Casandra Light and Colin Mapp prepare to shoot and review their targets in a gun range in Atlanta.

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  • News

With membership skyrocketing, Black gun group touts 'inalienable' 2A rights for self-defense

Over the weekend,1,500 Black firearm owners attended the first-ever convention of the National Association of African American Gun Owners, or NAAGA, in Atlanta. What's next for the group?

August 01, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
FILE - A protestor holds a sign during a Students Demand Action event, near the U.S. Capitol, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Washington.

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  • Politics

Poll: Most Americans say curbing gun violence is more important than gun rights

A year after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found the highest percentage in a decade said ending gun violence trumps protecting gun rights.

May 24, 2023
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Zoo Atlanta signage

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Zoo Atlanta will allow people to carry guns after gun rights activist challenges

Zoo Atlanta has updated its weapons policy to allow guests to carry guns onto its grounds. The zoo originally changed the policy in September, banning people from bringing guns.

November 02, 2022
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By:
  • Devon Zwald and
  • Allexa Ceballos
Clayton County Schools

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  • News

Georgia schools struggle with how to stop violence at their doors

In a moment where gun violence has reached record highs, educators say they alone can’t keep students safe.

October 19, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply rooted in American culture. But for most of U.S. history, there was little legal framework to support any such interpretation of the Second Amendment. Above, a man aims his pistol at a shooting range in Queens, in New York, in June.

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  • Law

The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.

August 14, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
Music Midtown festival in 2016

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  • News

Blame festival organizers for Music Midtown's cancellation, not me, gun rights advocate says

The abrupt cancellation of Atlanta's September Music Midtown Festival has infuriated music fans. The event's organizer, Live Nation, has not officially said what led to the cancellation, but reports say Georgia's gun laws are to blame. Phil Evans, a gun rights advocate has also been blamed for the loss of this year's festival. He spoke with GPB's Peter Biello. 

August 03, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Marty Daniel, CEO of Daniel Defense

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Georgia gun manufacturer CEO says gun industry isn't responsible for mass shootings

The CEO of a Georgia gun manufacturer testified in front of Congress on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation by lawmakers into what is fueling the country’s high rates of gun violence.

July 27, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome

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'Lawmakers: Beyond The Dome' explores both sides of Georgia's concealed carry handgun law

The new show on GPB-TV, Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome, explores Georgia's new law which allows carrying concealed handguns in public without a license.

July 21, 2022
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  • Donna Lowry
A gun store in Arcadia, Calif., on March 15, 2020. A federal appeals court has ruled that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional.

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  • Law

California's under-21 gun sales ban is unconstitutional, court says

A panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday the law violates the right to bear arms.

May 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • News

Kemp signs bill allowing permitless carry of a concealed handgun in public

Kemp's signature on Senate Bill 319 etched so-called "constitutional carry" into law.

April 13, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
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