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  • JUST IN: Trump Dismantles Biden’s Gun Control Actions, Signs Executive Order to Protect Gun Owners

    02/07/2025 6:52:43 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 50 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 7, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    President Trump on Friday signed an Executive Order dismantling Joe Biden’s gun control actions. “The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty. It has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great Nation. Because it is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans, the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed,” President Trump’s Executive Order said. Trump ordered US Attorney General Pam Bondi to review all of Joe Biden’s unconstitutional gun control Executive Orders to assess ongoing infringements of...
  • In wake of mass shootings, Alabama lawmakers eye ban on Glock switches and public safety bills

    02/03/2025 1:38:37 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 32 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 4:17 PM EST, February 3, 2025 | Kim Chandler
    After a violent year that saw multiple mass shootings in the state, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and many lawmakers in both parties are supporting a ban on so-called Glock switches and other conversion devices that make semi-automatic weapons fire like machine guns. The Republican governor is expected to back the proposal in her State of the State address Tuesday as part of a broader package of bills focused on public safety that she has named her top priority for the session. Democrats have long supported banning the conversion devices, but their bills have failed to win final approval in the...
  • When Fanny Pack CCW Won't Cut it

    01/31/2025 8:05:00 AM PST · by w1n1 · 26 replies
    AmSJ ^ | 01/31/2025 | P Pawela
    A look at Bastinelli Knives’ FBag for Cross-Body Carry of a Handgun and a Knife. Story and Photos by P Pawela We first wrote about Bastien Coves and his company Bastinelli Knives back in January 2021. Since then, his popularity as a custom knifemaker has skyrocketed. Coves’s knives have been featured in half a dozen popular action movies, and while that is an intriguing reason to purchase one of his products, I’m more concerned about who uses these knives for real-world purposes. That said, I have confirmation that Bastinelli knives are being used in the intelligence and special operations...
  • Federal court rules ban on handgun sales to adults under age 21 is unconstitutional

    01/30/2025 5:12:52 PM PST · by george76 · 12 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 30, 2025 | Victor Nava
    A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a decades-old ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to people aged 18, 19 and 20 is unconstitutional. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel on the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals slammed the Biden administration’s attempt to argue that the handgun ban was in line with the “nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” — a test for gun laws set by the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. ... “Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to-twenty-year-old...
  • Reese v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives (6:20-cv-01438) (Court's Opinion 1/30/25)

    01/30/2025 11:05:13 AM PST · by CFW · 23 replies
    Firearms Policy Org ^ | 1/30/25 | staff
    NEW ORLEANS (January 30, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal government’s handgun ban for adults aged 18 to 20 years old is unconstitutional. The opinion in Reese v. ATF can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/reese. “Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to-twenty-year-old individuals among ‘the people’ whose right to keep and bear arms is protected. The federal government has presented scant evidence that eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds’ firearm rights during the founding-era were restricted in a similar manner to the contemporary federal handgun purchase ban [...] In sum,...
  • National Association For Gun Rights Supports Congressman Massie’s National Constitutional Carry Act

    01/23/2025 1:53:02 PM PST · by thegagline · 8 replies
    The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) proudly announces its unwavering support for Congressman Thomas Massie’s introduction of H.R.645, the National Constitutional Carry Act. This landmark bill will eliminate the patchwork of state-level carry permits, allowing law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment freedoms nationwide without needing a government-issued permit. “Your right to self-defense shouldn’t be contingent on government permission, bureaucratic red tape, or arbitrary state boundaries,” declared Dudley Brown, President of the National Association for Gun Rights. “This legislation guarantees that constitutional carry is recognized nationwide, so Americans can exercise their God-given right to keep and bear arms without...
  • Government agency is caught deploying sneaky tactic to get around Trump's anti-woke purge

    01/23/2025 12:57:34 AM PST · by Morgana · 57 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 22, 2025 | Will Potter
    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) appeared to try and avoid Donald Trump's anti-DEI executive order by switching the job title of its Chief Diversity Officer. On Tuesday, Trump's administration ordered federal agencies to place all DEI hires on paid leave, and warned authorities not to use 'coded or imprecise language' to circumvent the move. But within a day of the order being announced, eagle-eyed online sleuths noticed the ATF's Chief Diversity Officer Lisa T. Boykin had a new job role, appearing to have been updated to 'Senior Executive.' The ATF did not immediately respond to a...
  • Police bodycam video: Florida cop fired after SHE shot man with his own gun during routine traffic stop

    01/23/2025 6:52:31 AM PST · by Red Badger · 87 replies
    The Blaze ^ | January 22, 2025 | Paul Sacca
    The wounded driver plans on suing. Newly released bodycam video shows the moment when a Jacksonville police officer shot a Florida man during a routine traffic stop. The cop was charged and reportedly terminated after the accidental shooting. On Dec. 13, 2024, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office police officer S. Lowry conducted a routine traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Jason Arrington. The officer accused Arrington of driving through a red light, and Arrington disagreed. Bodycam video shows Arrington being compliant during the traffic stop and informing Officer Lowry that he was armed with a gun. "So what we're gonna do...
  • Wisconsin Democrat Gov. Issues Executive Order Creating Violence Prevention Office to Fight Gun Crime

    01/14/2025 10:51:53 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 24 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/14/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) used an executive order Tuesday morning to create a state-level violence prevention office, dedicated to fighting gun crime. KSTP reported that Evers did this in response to the December 16, 2024, shooting at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School, which left two innocents dead. The suspect in the shooting was a 15-year-old student, and police have not revealed how the student acquired the guns. Evers used a X post to push for more gun control after signing the executive order. The post said: And with 60% of suicides and 78% of domestic violence homicides involving a...
  • Inside the one US town where residents are legally required to own guns and ammo

    01/12/2025 6:38:42 AM PST · by george76 · 21 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 11, 2025 | Kendall Tietz,
    In Kennesaw, Georgia, it’s against the law not to own a gun. The city law, dating back to the 1980s, makes it a requirement for residents to own guns and ammo. Kennesaw’s gun law states: “In order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants, every head of household residing in city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition.” The law excludes residents with mental or physical disabilities, felony convictions or conflicting religious beliefs. ... the law keeps citizens safe as there were no murders in town in...
  • Gun-rights advocates bring twin challenges to Maryland gun-control law

    01/07/2025 10:31:28 AM PST · by CFW · 5 replies
    scotusblog ^ | 1/6/25 | Kalvis Golde
    The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 gun-rights ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which held that laws restricting the right to bear arms are constitutional under the Second Amendment only if a tradition of such regulation can be found in U.S. history, triggered a wave of challenges to state firearms regulations across the country. This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things,...
  • New Colorado Law Requires Guns in Vehicles to Be in Locked Containers

    01/03/2025 8:15:00 AM PST · by Texas Fossil · 131 replies
    Breightbart ^ | Jan 3, 2025 | AWR Hawkins
    A Colorado law that went into effect January 1, 2025, requires guns in vehicles to be kept in locked containers. snip Breitbart News pointed out numerous new gun controls go into effect in California on January 1, 2025, among them a law that requires licensed gun dealers to warn would-be gun purchasers of the alleged dangers of gun ownership. snip California leads the nation in gun control and Colorado has been leaning more and more toward adopting California-style gun controls. Beginning July 1, 2025, Coloradans who want a concealed carry permit will have to take an eight-hour training course as...
  • Madison High School Students Rally for ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban After Handgun Attack

    12/22/2024 7:16:11 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/22/2024 | Awr Hawkins
    Hundreds of students at Madison High School marched to the state Capitol on Friday to demand an “assault weapons” ban after the December 16, 2024, Abundant Life Christian School handgun attack. The Cap Times reported the students chanted “books, not bullets” and “no more silence, end gun violence.” The Wisconsin Examiner quoted the high schoolers saying, “Graduations not funerals.” Once at the Capitol, the students called for an “assault weapons” ban and enhanced background checks. The students did not mention that the alleged 15-year-old shooter did not use a firearm categorized as an “assault weapon” nor did she buy her...
  • Nick Fuentes' life was apparently in danger

    12/19/2024 11:48:53 PM PST · by RandFan · 25 replies
    X ^ | Dec 20 | @CollinRugg
    @CollinRugg NEW: The man accused of attempting to m*rder streamer Nick Fuentes is 24-year-old John Lyons. Very dangerous times especially when we have degenerates praising Luigi Mangione for executing a man in the back. Lyons reportedly traveled 140 miles to Fuentes' home after allegedly m*rdering three family members. Fuentes has released footage of the man calling out for him at his home. Fuentes was reportedly live-streaming when the man showed up, an action that may have saved his life. Officers who were called to the scene spotted Lyons who ran away and forced his way inside someone's home. When inside,...
  • An Incomplete Life Epiphany

    12/19/2024 6:03:42 PM PST · by NFHale · 35 replies
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  • Baltimore County Police: 9 injured, one dead in Towson mass shooting

    12/18/2024 1:37:39 AM PST · by CFW · 46 replies
    Baltimore Sun ^ | 12/18/24 | Raquel Bazos
    Nine people were injured and one killed in a mass shooting that took place on the 8500 block of Loch Raven Blvd. in Towson on Tuesday evening, Baltimore County Police said. Around 7:12 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Loch Raven Boulevard and White Oak Avenue, at the Johnson-Fosbrink Funeral Home, where they found a car flipped and on fire, and multiple victims, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said during a news conference following the incident. Police were still determining how many people had been shot Tuesday night, McCullough said. Multiple gunshots were visible in the facade...
  • Trump's Reported Shortlist for ATF Features Familiar Names

    12/17/2024 9:34:22 AM PST · by CFW · 45 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 12/16/24 | Cam Edwards
    In the weeks since Donald Trump's election we've heard essentially nothing from the incoming president or his transition team about his gun policy plans for his second term in office, but a story from the New York Times over the weekend may have shed a little light on his thinking. While much of the Times' story focuses on current ATF Director Steve Dettelbach and Democrats' consternation over his imminent departure, reporter Glenn Thrush also named some names under consideration as Dettelbach's replacement. As it turns out, a couple of the folks on the list should be very familiar to Bearing...
  • Sutherland Springs church shooting: What we know [see date] A gunman killed 26 people and wounded 20 others at a Texas church Sunday morning..the largest mass shooting in state history.

    12/17/2024 5:09:32 AM PST · by daniel1212 · 30 replies
    CNN ^ | November 7, 2017 | Jason Hanna and Holly Yan
    Around 11:30 a.m. local time, a man dressed in all black exited a vehicle and started firing a rifle outside First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a Texas community of a few hundred people about 30 miles east of San Antonio, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The gunman then entered the church, where services were underway, and continued to fire, officials said. Eventually, as the gunman was leaving the church, a local resident who was armed with a rifle confronted the shooter, said Freeman Martin of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Related article This man may have...
  • Democrat Rep. Calls for Action Against Gun Makers After Madison School Shooting

    12/16/2024 2:46:20 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/16/2024 | Awr Hawkins
    Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) called for his House colleagues to “stand up to gun manufacturers” following reports of a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School (ALCS) in Madison, Wisconsin. Breitbart News noted that Madison Chief of Police Shon Barnes indicated the suspected shooter was a juvenile. The juvenile is believed to have used a 9mm handgun in the attack, according to FOX 13 Memphis.
  • Gun Control Activist David Hogg Running for Vice Chair of DNC

    12/16/2024 9:16:14 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 61 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/16/2024 | Awr Hawkins
    Gun control activist David Hogg is running for the position of vice chair of the Democrat National Committee. ABC News quoted Hogg: I think this role is a great way of, for one, bringing newer voices into the Democratic Party…I just want to be one of several of those voices to help represent young people and also, more than anything, make sure that we’re standing up to the consulting class that increasingly the Democratic Party is representing instead of the working class. On November 20, 2024, Breitbart News noted that Hogg expressed concern over the exodus of young men from...