A little more than a year ago, the idea of allowing armed teachers in classrooms nearly scuttled school-safety legislation hurriedly crafted in the wake of the horrific mass shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 students and staff members dead.

The House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing Wednesday for House Bill 265, which would allow a court to order law enforcement to seize a person’s guns if there is evidence that they are a danger to themselves or the community.

I would like to thank Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle for openly expressing his support for the recently enacted "extreme risk protection order" legislation, commonly referred to as the red flag bill. This legislation places Colorado among more than a dozen other states that have recognized that reasonable legislation designed to help keep firearms temporarily out of the hands of dangerous people is truly in the best interests of our communities and our society.

The Missouri House of Representatives gave initial approval to a bill that would allow concealed carry of firearms on college campuses for faculty April 2.

Mobile City Council members voted Tuesday to approve an amended consent resolution regarding Class 2 municipalities such as Mobile to adopt reasonable regulations to prevent the theft of firearms from unlocked vehicles.

Robert Schentrup stood outside the Capitol building, joined by hundreds of young activists from across the state, in support of a long-shot effort to convince Florida’s gun-friendly state Legislature to reverse its course.

Three firearms bills have been introduced and await consideration in the Senate Executive Committee.

Here’s what you need to know:

The bill, which is currently in committee, states that if you're 21 and legally allowed to possess a weapon, you're legally allowed to carry that weapon for any lawful purpose with no additional licenses, fees or paperwork. 

A bill to allow “Red Flag” laws — which allow family members or law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily seize firearms from a potentially dangerous person — will again fail to become law in Nevada after dying on Friday’s deadline day.

It’s just a fact of life that handguns are now permanent legal fixtures in the American landscape. We have to live with that.

But the freedom to own a firearm doesn’t mean it has to be free of charge. It doesn’t mean that owners can’t be a tiny bit inconvenienced. And someone’s right to own a gun certainly does not trump the safety rights of the rest of us.

Congregation Or Hadash of Fort Washington and its Gun Violence Prevention Task Force hosted nearly 200 people for a town hall meeting addressing gun violence March 31.

On March 21, Coleman introduced HB265, also known as the Gun Violence Protective Order Act. If passed, this law would prohibit individuals who are found by the court to be a legitimate threat to themselves or others from owning, possessing, using, or receiving a firearm for up to one year.

A bill that would fund training for teachers and other school employees to keep and justifiably use a firearm on school grounds passed out of a State Senate committee Wednesday.

Colorado becomes 15th state to have law that will allow weapons to be seized from persons the court deems a significant risk to themselves or others.

Colorado became the 15th U.S. state on Friday to adopt a “red flag” gun law allowing firearms to be taken from people who pose a danger, securing a deeply emotional victory for an Aurora shooting survivor.

The Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, is criticizing the Missouri House for advancing legislation that would allow concealed firearms on college campuses. The Missouri House advances HB575 Monday, which will allow colleges to arm faculty and force public colleges to allow people to carry concealed handguns on campus.