Public Safety and Justice Update: 6/21/24

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law today, 6/21, that prevents those subject to domestic-violence restraining orders from having guns in its first major Second Amendment decision since a 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights…

The Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on bump stocks - devices that can attach to a semi-automatic rifle to make it fire as fast as a machine gun…

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released two reports on new methods to measure the prevalence of crime using BJS's National Crime Victimization Survey, the nation’s primary source of information on criminal victimization…

Following a record-setting three years of gun violence, Philadelphia has seen a dramatic decline in shootings in 2024, but experts are unsure of why…

Antioch officers lost their jobs over crimes and racist texting scandals, while others faced demotions, pay cuts, reprimand…

After years of engagement led by organizations like Coalition for a Safer Delaware, a purchaser licensing bill, sometimes referred to as permit-to-purchase, passed the final hurdle in Delaware and has been signed into law by Governor John Carney…

The FBI served a search warrant Thursday, 6/20, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home, part of surprise raids centering on a politically influential family in charge of the city’s contracted recycling company…