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 […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Mark Green Introduces Bill To Block Biden Admin Rule Restricting Firearm Sales
Republican Tennessee Rep. Mark Green introduced a bill Wednesday to block the implementation of a new Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) rule that would impose greater restrictions on firearm exports. The BIS rule released April 30 would make a number of changes to licensing policies that firearm manufacturers, sellers and trade groups say will […]
TN and GA Adopt 2A Privacy Acts to Bar Data Collection on Firearm Sales
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) and Gov. Bill Lee (R-Tenn.) this week passed the Second Amendment Privacy Act, which would ban the use of credit card merchant codes to collect data on retail firearms buyers. signed. Kemp signed HB 1018 on Monday, and Lee Signed SB 2223 on tuesday. Their signature brings the total number of […]
CO House passes semiautomatic firearm ban, sending it to State Senate
Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms. The bill passed by a vote of 35-27 and now heads to the Democratic-led state Senate. The bill faces challenges in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority. Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a […]
Three Men Face Federal Firearm Charges over Chiefs Parade Shootout
Three men have been charged in connection with a shooting that occurred after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration parade on February 14, 2024. United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri identified The three are 22-year-old Fed Antonia Manning, 21-year-old Ronnell Dwayne Williams Jr., and 19-year-old Chelyn Hendrick Groves. Charges include […]