Stand your ground laws effectively expand the boundaries of the castle doctrine to the wider world, removing the duty to retreat and allowing people to use lethal force anywhere they have a legal ...

GAINESVILLE — Democrats in Florida’s Legislature have filed more than a dozen gun control bills — which even the party’s lawmakers acknowledge are likely to go nowhere — less than two months after the ...

STATEWIDE — As of Thursday, all legal Florida gun owners will be allowed to carry their weapons openly. This comes a few weeks after a district court of appeals ruled Florida’s open carry ban was ...

Caroline Light is affiliated with GVPedia and collaborates with Giffords. I’m a historian who has studied the roots of stand your ground laws. I published a book on the subject in 2017. My ongoing ...

Boxes of 9mm handgun ammunition can be seen in this photo illustration from Nov. 11, 2025. Two related bills filed by Democratic lawmakers in Florida's Legislature would require criminal background ...

A pair of court rulings declaring some of Florida's gun restrictions unconstitutional are creating some confusion in the notoriously firearm-friendly state — and fueling activists' calls for ...

Two West Virginia National Guardsmen are in critical condition after a gunman opened fire near the White House on the day before Thanksgiving, in an attack that’s added fuel to President Donald ...

Despite pleas from Parkland survivors, grieving families, student groups, safety advocates and Democrats, a Florida House panel voted to repeal the state's minimum age requirement for purchasing a ...

A 15-year-old student was arrested after allegedly kicking a teacher and trying to take a deputy's gun. The teen faces multiple charges, including battery on a teacher and attempting to deprive an ...

Two members of the National Guard were shot and seriously wounded on Wednesday just blocks from the White House in Washington ...