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Thailand will halt issuing new gun permits and bar carrying licenses after a 14-year-old shooter killed eight people and himself at a Nonthaburi school, triggering a government push for tougher gun laws and measures to urge unregistered gun owners to surrender firearms, amid concerns over social-media access to guns and mental-health factors.
The U.S. federal government has sued the U.S. Virgin Islands, accusing them of violating Second Amendment rights through restrictive gun laws, including intrusive home searches and arbitrary permit denials, seeking to challenge these local regulations in court.
The IDF has ordered a call-up of reservist soldiers focused on air defense units and air attack arrays, following escalating violence and terrorism on multiple fronts. The call-up comes after a 34-rocket barrage fired at Israel from Lebanon and days of clashes at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The IDF is also searching for suspects in a deadly terrorist shooting in the Jordan Valley. In response, Israel's police commissioner urged licensed gun owners to carry their weapons, citing rising motivation to disturb the peace.
A federal judge has ruled that Minnesota's minimum age requirement of 21 for getting a permit to carry a gun is unconstitutional, citing the US Supreme Court's decision in a New York case last year. The ruling prevents the state and local sheriffs from denying a permit to carry application solely based on someone being younger than 21 as long as they're also at least 18. The lawsuit was filed by a few Minnesotans who are older than 18 but under 21 who say they want to carry pistols for self-defense.
A gun store owner in Western North Carolina expressed his disapproval of the state's decision to end the requirement for pistol permits, stating that he believes the permits help ensure gun safety. The move has been praised by Second Amendment advocates, but critics argue that it could lead to an increase in gun violence.