Gun control advocates working to stop Michigan deadly-force bill
The Michigan Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence and other gun control advocates are gearing up to block a Michigan bill that would allow people to use deadly force for self-defense. Earlier this year, the groups...
Louisiana officials struggle to contain looting in Katrina's wake
Officials struggled Wednesday to control looting in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina as tiring law enforcement officers and National Guardsmen undertook more rescue and relief efforts. Widespread looting throughout the city has been reported, with crowds...
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court tells country club to give same-sex partners spouse discounts
Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a private country club must offer spousal discounts to same-sex domestic partners. The court found that the country club's policy of allowing members' spouses to golf...
New York Governor George Pataki said late Sunday that he will veto legislation that would permit women to purchase the "morning-after" pill without a prescription, a decision criticized by pro-choice groups as simply an effort...
Gun Control and Terrorism, Government Accountability Office report, January 2005, released March 8, 2005 . Read the full text of...
Young v. Bryco Arms et al., Illinois Supreme Court, November 18, 2004 [dismissing two lawsuits which had accused gunmakers and suburban gun shops of creating a public nuisance by putting guns in the metropolitan market knowing they would end up...
The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday unanimously dismissed two lawsuits which accused gunmakers of knowingly allowing their weapons to fall into criminal hands. The two Illinois lawsuits, filed by the city of Chicago and victims of gun violence, had accused...
