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		<title>Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Connecticut&#8217;s Assault Weapons Ban</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is constitutional, a federal appeals court said Friday, as it rejected challenges by gun rights advocates who claim it violates the Second Amendment. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Federal Judge Upholds Rhode Island&#8217;s Gun Permit System for Open Carry</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge says Rhode Island&#8217;s gun permit system, which requires residents to show &#8220;a need&#8221; to openly carry a firearm throughout the state, does not violate the Second Amendment. In a ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Judge William &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maine Alters &#8216;Yellow Flag&#8217; Law, Expands Mental Health Care in Wake of Shootings</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state&#8217;s &#8220;yellow flag&#8221; law, criminalizing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NRA Sues Maryland Over &#8216;Blatantly Unconstitutional&#8217; Gun Laws</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2023/05/19/721461.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruen gun ruling]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The National Rifle Association&#8217;s lobbying arm sued to block Maryland from enforcing new gun-control measures that enhance requirements for obtaining concealed-carry permits and restrict firearms in sensitive areas including school grounds and hospitals. The suit was filed in federal court &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Jersey Lawmakers Advance Bill Limiting Gun Carry, Requiring Liability Insurance</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey legislative committee voted to require liability insurance for gun owners and restrict where they could carry their weapons, moving what would be some of the strictest US firearms limits closer to becoming law. The vote by the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gun Rights Groups Seek Injunction Against Delaware Gun Control Legislation</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Delaware gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against recently passed gun control legislation. The Delaware State Sportsmen&#8217;s Association filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, The News Journal reported. Other groups involved in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supreme Court Voids New York Gun Permit Law, Establishes Right to Carry Outside Home</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public, ruling for the first time that the Second Amendment protects gun rights outside the home. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Firearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stricter Gun Laws Haven&#8217;t Made Communities Safer from Mass Shootings</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/10/23/505354.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred that includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack of socialization opportunities, higher rates of income inequality, and relatively high housing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What States Have Done, and Not Done, About Guns</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/09/28/502816.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Shortly after last year&#8217;s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws. A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly supported the Second Amendment. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Republicans Advance Bill Making It Easier to Carry Guns Across State Lines</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2017/12/01/472902.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The National Rifle Association has called the concealed carry bill, which would make it easier for gun owners to keep their firearms hidden when crossing state lines, its &#8220;highest legislative priority in Congress.&#8221; Despite concerns raised by Democrats about states&#8217; &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tennessee Attorney General: Private Groups Can&#8217;t Ban Guns in Parks</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/08/06/377646.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Attorney General&#8217;s opinion says private organizations can&#8217;t prevent licensed handgun permit holders from taking weapons into events the groups operate at public parks. The Tennessean reported the July 29 opinion said under a new state law, local governments &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Court Upholds Law Banning Open Carry of Firearms for Self Defense</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/02/24/358464.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An appeals court has upheld a Florida law banning people from openly carrying firearms purely for self-defense purposes. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal issued the ruling Feb. 18 in the case of Dale Norman. Norman &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>States with More Gun Laws Show Lower Rate of Firearm Fatalities: Study</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/03/07/283927.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Having a higher number of firearm laws in a state may be associated with a lower rate of firearm fatalities from suicides and homicides, according to a study of all 50 states published by JAMA Internal Medicine. More than 30,000 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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