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Defying Supreme Court, Blue States Aim To Curtail Second Amendment

Lawmakers in Michigan, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Minnesota have filed legislation that would adopt more stringent permit application processes and longer background checks.

AP/Ted S. Warren, file
An attendee at a gun rights rally carries his gun in a holster that reads 'We the People,' on January 18, 2019, at Olympia, Washington. AP/Ted S. Warren, file
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

A Supreme Court decision this summer threw many blue states’ restrictive gun laws into disarray. Now, Democrats are defying the high court at the state level, looking at new regulations in the coming year. 

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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