Maryland can ban assault-style weapons such as the AR-15, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, bolstering gun control efforts across the country under legal threat. The majority ruling from the ...

Maryland's assault-weapons ban. Maryland's prohibition on certain semiautomatic rifles was enacted in the wake of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic ...

The Supreme Court ruled Monday to let two state gun control laws remain in place, as the 6-3 conservative court declined to ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Gun rights groups argue that banning the popular weapons violates people's Second Amendment rights. Attorneys for Maryland ...

A compromise version of the bill would ban only the sale of a more limited list of firearms, but key member of the Senate are ...

An 'assault weapons' ban for Rhode Island is getting its first vote this week, but some cities and towns are already fighting ...

The Supreme Court is declining to hear a challenge to state bans on assault weapons, semi-automatic rifles that are popular ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Gun rights groups argue that banning the popular weapons violates people’s Second Amendment rights. Attorneys for Maryland ...

The Maryland law was passed after the 2012 ... Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the news you need to know with ...

Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004. Attorneys for Maryland contend the guns aren’t protected by the Constitution because they’re similar to military-grade weapons.