New gun legislation was signed into law in Washington State that prohibits the sale, manufacture and import of assault weapons with some exceptions.

The Oregon School District Board, Wis. is asking the Village of Oregon to reconsider the school resource officer agreement for the new school year, as it allows the police chief to direct the housing of an AR-15 style assault riffle in the high school for safety. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden talked about smart guns with biometric measures during night two of the Democratic Presidential candidates’ debate, nationally televised last Thursday.

Fifty percent of voters say that they are concerned that the government will go too far in restricting the rights of citizens to own guns, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Mass shootings have remained stagnant over 34 years, averaging 20 a year and are not fueld by media attention, says a crime study.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York’s expanded ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was constitutional, but he struck down a provision forbidding gun owners from loading their firearms with more than seven rounds, which he called “an arbitrary restriction” that violates the Second Amendment.

Renewing the assault weapons ban is only one of multiple proposals and 23 executive actions laid out by President Obama in response to the Newtown massacre.