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  • The Silver Rail Elementary School shooting in Oregon is a reminder that even tough gun restrictions can’t prevent every act of gun violence.

  • The state has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists.

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  • Oregon law generally prohibits minors from possessing firearms, but it allows exceptions for some long guns, including shotguns and rifles.

  • Opinion: Gun rights on on the line in the 2026 midterms.

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  • Per Hochul's office, ammunition-purchase background checks are designed to align with the requirements already in place for firearm purchases in New York.

  • As calls for accountability grow in the Oregon school shooting, the state’s gun laws — shaped by liberal politics and libertarian traditions — could make it difficult to hold anyone criminally .

  • Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions .

  • New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed two bills into law on Wednesday that mandate secure firearm storage and tighten background checks for ammunition purchases.

  • New laws passed today will give ACT Policing an additional tool to disrupt organised crime and prevent firearm related violence.

  • The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Minnesota’s refusal to recognize certain out-of-state concealed carry .