Page 2 - Gun Control
Pension funds pressure credit card companies to categorise gun sales
Payment processor Visa Inc said it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops. It's a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could be a prelude to a mass shooting. But gun rights advocates have argued that step would unfairly segregate legal gun sales when most sales do not lead to mass shootings. Visa late Saturday said it would adopt the International Organization for Standardization's new merchant code for gun sales, which was announced on Friday. Until Friday, gun store sales were considered general merchandise. Visa's adoption is significant as the largest payment network, and will likely add pressure for Mastercard and American Express to adopt the code as well. Gun control advocates had gotten significant wins on this front in recent weeks. New York City officials and pension funds had pressured the ISO and banks to adopt this code. Two of the country's largest public pension funds, in Califor
New York imposes new gun restrictions on concealed carry in sensitive areas
New York has started to prohibit concealed carry of weapons in designated sensitive areas after the US Supreme Court struck down the state's century-old concealed carry weapons law in June
Biden says US launching major initiative to reduce gun violence
The White House explained that the federal government will cooperate with state and local law enforcement to address the most significant sources of violence in each area
Texas set to allow people to carry unlicensed handgun despite outcry
Texas is poised to remove one of its last major gun restrictions after lawmakers approved allowing people to carry handguns without a license, and the background check and training that go with it
After years of failed attempts, US House passes two gun control bills
The legislation may face a tougher battle in the U.S. Senate, where Biden's fellow Democrats hold an even slimmer majority than in the House
Walmart increases age limit to 21 years for gun purchases
Earlier, US President Donald Trump met at the White House with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and called for a series of gun control measures
US House plans vote on gun control next week
Lawmakers in the Republican-led Congress have faced criticism for inaction in the face of US mass shootings
No mass shootings in Australia 20 years after gun reform: study
There was also a significant acceleration in the downward trend for firearm suicides and a non-significant acceleration in the downward trend in firearm homicides
US Democrat lawmakers stage sit-in to push for gun-control votes; House erupts in chaos
The sit-in came less than two days after the Senate failed to pass four gun-control measures
No right to carry concealed weapons in public: Federal appeals court
California generally prohibits people from carrying handguns in public without a permit by a sherrif
