File photo shows firearms on display at a Walmart store.  (Photo: Internet)

Denver, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a group of Democratic lawmakers in Colorado is considering a new ban on assault-style weapons after 10 people died in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder on Monday.  Republicans in Colorado oppose the ban and are pushing for more money for mental health services.  

In a major legal decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that states may bar people from openly carrying guns in public.  The ruling could impact right-to-carry laws across the West and Hawaii and Alaska. 

Meanwhile, nearly 20,000 people died in the United States from gun violence last year — more than any year in at least two decades.  According to the Gun Violence Archive, weapons sales also jumped by 64% in 2020, with some 23 million guns sold in the United States.