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11 Defensive Gun Uses Show How Lawful Gun Owners ‘Get It Right’

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Often lost in conversations about gun violence is the reality of who is responsible for the bulk of that violence. Most gun crimes aren’t committed by lawful gun owners but by a small subset of repeat violent offenders who already are prohibited from legally possessing firearms. At the same time, […]

Supremes Rule 9-0 Against RI Gun Grab

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes It is rare to see the Supreme Court unanimously rule on anything, but especially something having to do with firearms. But that’s just what happened in May when the SCOTUS overturned a 1st Circuit Court ruling in Caniglia v. Strom. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9-0) that police illegally seized […]

Second Amendment fight: Gun rights group sues to block New York’s body armor ban

Gun rights groups are suing to block New York’s body armor ban from going into effect. The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a California-based nonprofit, filed a Second Amendment lawsuit on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, arguing that the ban is unconstitutional and seeking a declaratory judgment that […]

Grandfather killed when Kentucky gun store customer fires weapon

A new grandfather was killed Saturday at a Kentucky gun store when another customer accidentally fired a gun at the store, police said. The tragedy occurred around 8:30 p.m. at Humphrey Double H Farms Enterprises in Carrollton, where an unidentified shopper was looking at a firearm and “began manipulating it,” police said. State police announced […]

Angela Simmons apologizes for wearing gun purse to BET Awards

Angela Simmons, whose ex-fiancé Sutton Tennyson was shot and killed in 2018, apologized for wearing a sparkly, gun-shaped handbag to the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday. “I want to address a recent incident involving the green handbag I carried to the BET Awards. When I chose the handbag, I thought it was cute and unique, […]

Victoria Spartz gun in suitcase

According to reports, Rep. Victoria Spaatz (R-Indiana) accidentally brought an unloaded gun in her suitcase while going through airport security, her office said. “Last Friday, Senator Spaatz accidentally brought an unloaded handgun, with no ammunition or bullets, into his suitcase while going through security at Dulles Airport. Senator Spaatz was unaware that it was in […]