Gun Laws

As legislative sessions wind down, lawmakers in New Mexico and Colorado may impose waiting periods before firearm purchases, while Wyoming and Idaho go in a different direction.

In Colorado and New Mexico – states where Democrats control the legislature – lawmakers are proposing banning the sale of assault weapons or banning them altogether, while Idaho and Wyoming legislators look to do away with concealed carry limits.

An interview with Mark Follman, author of Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America. The book casts new light on the behind-the-scenes work being done to predict and prevent mass shootings.

One week after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Treasure Valley community gathered for a vigil on the steps of the Idaho capitol building, hosted by March for Our Lives Idaho.

The gunman in the shooting at the Boise Town Square Mall Monday broadcasted white-supremacist remarks on social media. He has also been known to police since early April when he showed up in the state Capitol with a gun and a camera.

A North Idaho music festival can continue to ban guns on leased city land after a judge ruled in favor of the city of Sandpoint, the second time the city has beaten back a similar challenge.

At anti-racism rallies and marches across the country, protesters are coming face to face with police — but also with heavily armed civilians. America’s…

States with the most restrictive combination of three gun laws saw an estimated 11% reduction in firearm deaths over three decades.

By declining to hear the appeals, the justices leave intact state gun laws in Maryland, Massachusetts and California.

Today on the Idaho Matters Reporter Roundtable, Boise State Public Radio's Heath Druzin, KIVI's Mike Sharp and BoiseDev's Don Day chat legislature news…