24/7 Wall St. determined the laws for carrying firearms in public in every state by using historical data on state-level legislation. We reviewed laws for both the open carry and concealed carry of ...

Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first "stand your ground" law, calling it a "good, common-sense, anti-crime issue." The law's creators promised it would protect law-abiding citizens ...

C. J. Grisham was driving with his 15-year-old son in Temple, Texas, when a cop pulled up behind him. “Some reason why you have this?” the cop asked about the AR-15 strapped to his back. He grabbed ...

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Local open carry groups fired back at the NRA on Tuesday after the nation’s largest gun-rights group chastised them for headline-generating demonstrations geared to promote their quest to openly carry ...

Having the right to do a certain something doesn’t mean that certain something is always the right thing to do. For example: Death-metal bands and hip-hop artists have a First Amendment right to ...