Gun rights groups ask Supreme Court to rule on sweeping Maryland firearm ban lower bench upheld
Two leading Second Amendment groups have asked the Supreme Court to hear a case challenging Maryland’s strict 2013 assault weapons ban after a lower court ruled the ban constitutional. The Firearms Policy Coalition has filed a petition with the Supreme Court Snope vs Brown – or Bianchi vs Frosch The Richmond, Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court […]
60 Consecutive Months of 1 Million+ Firearm Background Checks a Month
July 2024 marked the 60th consecutive month that background checks for retail gun sales exceeded 1 million, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announced Monday. According to the NSSF:The total number of nationwide instant criminal background checks on gun sales in July was 106,790. “The last time monthly background checks related to retail firearm sales […]
Cheatle Fails to Answer How Firearm Got to Rooftop, When Last Sweep Occurred
Kimberly Cheatle, head of President Joe Biden’s Secret Service, did not answer questions about whether the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, brought the gun to the roof or whether it was already there before the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Cheatle also did not say when the final search took place ahead of Trump’s […]
What Surgeon General’s Advisory ‘firearm violence’ is about
The Biden administration’s Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, recently issued the first Surgeon General’s Advisory on “firearm violence.” “Today, for the first time in the history of our agency, I am issuing a Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence,” Murthy said in a video statement. “This advisory outlines the imminent threat that firearm violence poses to […]
Former Honduran President Sentenced To 45 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses
Honduras’ erstwhile President Juan Orlando Hernández received a 45-year federal prison sentence Wednesday for multi-ton drug trafficking and related firearm offenses, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Hernández, 55, abused his power to facilitate the importation of over 400 tons of cocaine—shipments guarded by his co-conspirators’ machine guns, AK-47s, AR-15s, and grenade launchers, among […]
Second Amendment Foundation Challenges New “Firearm” Definition in VanDerStok v. Garland
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has taken a bold stand against the Biden administration’s attempt to redefine firearm regulations in the case of VanDerStok v. Garland. The controversy centers around the government’s move to classify unfinished firearm frames and receivers as “firearms,” a decision that SAF believes goes beyond the […]
Biden Pushes Gun Control Hours After Son Convicted on Firearm Charges
President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday afternoon pleading for stricter gun control measures for Americans, just hours after his son Hunter was convicted of firearms-related charges. The speech was given at an event hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety, of which Mike Bloomberg is a member. Biden Said“In two weeks we will mark the two-year anniversary […]
Jury selection set to begin in Hunter Biden’s firearm case
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden is poised to make history as the first child of a sitting president to stand criminal trial, with jury selection beginning Monday in his felony firearms case. The court will face a difficult challenge because of the politically sensitive nature of the case and the Biden family’s significant influence in […]
BATF To Expand Rules On Who Must Have A Federal Firearm License
The Biden Administration, after suffering a string of judicial defeats on gun control, is now attempting to expand the definition of who can have a Federal License to deal in firearms. After repeated judicial defeats on bump stocks, frames, receivers, and braces, the Administration has decided to throw great uncertainty over who must be licensed […]
Felon Has ‘Right to Possess Firearm for Self-Defense’
On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that felon Stephen Duarte has “the right to possess a firearm for self-defense.” court news service I got it. Duarte has been convicted of five felonies and was a member of a Los Angeles street gang. Mr. Duarte’s decision to uphold […]