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High Court's Gun Ruling Won't End Local Skirmishes

WASHINGTON (June 28) -- By extending the Second Amendment right to bear arms to state and local governments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened the door to legal challenges to gun laws across the country. Whether the decision will change the status quo, though, remains unclear. The case, McDonald v. City of Chicago,...

Gun Advocates Hit Va., DC, in Double-Barreled Protest

(April 19) -- Protesting what they perceive as a growing threat to the Second Amendment, armed gun-rights activists gathered today in Virginia as their firearms-free brethren congregated in nearby Washington, D.C. Thanks to a law signed by President Barack Obama, a few dozen protesters were allowed to gather at two...

Facing Gun Issue, Starbucks Throws Up Its Hands

SAN FRANCISCO (March 3) -- The Starbucks coffee chain announced today that it will continue letting customers openly wear unloaded handguns in its coffee shops. At the same time, the company asked members of the "open carry" gun movement and their opponents to refrain from putting Starbucks in the firing line of the...