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While removing a shotgun from the office of his restaurant in Morton Grove at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, Niles Mayor George Alpogianis dropped the weapon and it discharged, injuring himself and a co-worker. “On Saturday, Feb. 15, while leaving my restaurant office, I accidentally discharged my personal firearm while preparing to take it for routine cleaning,” Alpogianis said in a written statement. “As I removed the weapon, it slipped from my grip, and when I attempted to catch it, it discharged. It was pointed at the ground. “The incident resulted in flesh wounds to me and a co-worker...

While everyone can agree that guns are awesome (and if you don't think so, you're probably gay), it can be difficult to determine which gun is right for any given scenario. The manly gun experts at the Babylon Bee are here to help you know exactly which gun you need for each job: 1. General home defense: M1 Garand. Enjoy the sweet sounds of storming Omaha Beach right in your living room. 2. Deer hunting: Bazooka. 3. Attracting the ladies: Guns don't work here; you'll need an oversized anime sword. 4. Political debates: A Marin le Bourgeoys flintlock pistol. Should...

Roy from the Paul Harrell channel recently produced a short video with very good advice entitled ‘Go Buy A Gun.’ As he outlines in the video, you will want to check with local laws and seek out help if you’re not experienced in such matters. And we have six solid reasons to ‘pull the trigger’ (pardon the pun) on gun ownership. [Link to video at source] Here is a summary of his six reasons: 1. All part of being prepared.Owning a gun is simply a part of being prepared for emergencies. Where it’s better to have something and not need...

Hawaiian Supreme Court rules that individuals have no Second Amendment rights under its history, state law, and “spirit” “As the world turns, it makes no sense for contemporary society to pledge allegiance to the founding era’s culture, realities, laws, and understanding of the Constitution. ‘The thing about the old days, they the old days.’” –Justice Todd Eddins Justices with the Hawaii Supreme Court argue that Hawaii must follow the “spirit of Aloha,” not the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, when it comes to the Second Amendment rights of individuals. The Supreme Court of Hawaii has handed down a decision...

Maryland black gun activists and youtuber Mark “Choppa” Manley was wrongly raided by the ATF. Mark talks about the raid with TCRL in this video.

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During the year 2024, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) discovered 6,678 firearms in the baggage of 904 million people who were screened at TSA checkpoints in the calendar year. This was slightly lower than the 6,737 firearms discovered in 2023 when 858 million people were screened. The rate of people who were found to possess firearms at airport security checkpoints was down from .0000785% to .0000739%, a minor reduction in the tiny percentage of firearms discovered at airport security checkpoints. The reduction amounts to 59 fewer firearms discovered, a bit less than 1% of the total.Given the hundreds of millions...

On January 22, 2025, Democratic Governor Whitmer of Michigan signed HB No. 6145 into law as part of a package of bills. HB No. 6145 mandates the state destroy valuable assets as an ideological statement. The bill requires all parts of firearms that come into possession of the Michigan State Police to be destroyed instead of being sold and the money used for the public good. From enrolled House Bill No. 6145: Sec. 14. ( 1) Subject to sections 5g and 14a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried or possessed contrary to this act are declared forfeited to this state,...

Rehovot, Israel – An Israeli man turned over a cache of weapons, accumulated by his grandfather and father over decades, to Israeli authorities. The cache was discovered while the man was refurbishing his parent’s home. Israel was born in military conquest three millennia ago, rebuilt after Babylonian destruction 2.5 millennia ago, destroyed by the Romans as a nation two millennia ago, and reborn as the homeland of the Jews 100 – 78 years ago. Jews have always “occupied” the land that we call Israel.War, conquest, and military strife have been part of the nation of Israel throughout its history. Before...

Former and Current President Trump is now a convicted felon in the State of New York.The abuse of the judicial system by the prosecutor and judge is some of the worst seen by astute, leftist legal commentators, such as Jonathan Turley and Alan Dershowitz.Dershowitz goes so far as calling him “a convicted innocent man”. He says there were 34 non-crimes President Trump was convicted of.At left of center Politifact, this question was raised: From politifact:President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 10 felony sentencing raised questions on social media about his rights: Can he vote, travel internationally and own a gun? Yes, likely,...

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...

An Indiana man who was just recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop on Sunday. Matthew Huttle, 42, was fatally shot by a deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department at around 4.15pm on State Road 14, Fox 59 reports. Indiana State Police said the traffic stop led the unidentified deputy to try to arrest Huttle, but he allegedly resisted and struggled with the officer. That altercation led the deputy to fire his gun, killing Huttle. It remains unclear why...

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...

The suspect fired on two U.S. Border Patrol agents during a vehicle stop in Vermont leaving one agent dead. A second shooter, a female, is in custody. One suspect in the fatal shooting of a border patrol agent on Monday near the U.S. northern border was a German citizen with an expired H1-B visa, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the incident and an internal report reviewed by Just the News. The suspect, who fired on two U.S. Border Patrol agents during a vehicle stop in Newport, Vermont, is identified in the incident report as Felix Bauckholt, a...

Ivan the Troll has published an instruction set on making 9x19mm ammunition. The ammunition is designed for the FGC-9 hybrid 3D-printed semi-automatic pistol/carbine in Europe. The ammunition is shown in video as functioning in an FGC-9, Browning-style tilt-barrel locking pistols and a straight blowback pistol. The instructions were published in 2020 before Stark1809’s untimely death. They are titled But-What-About-Ammo Version 1.0.The instructions are detailed and fairly easy to follow. They use 3D printing and several well-understood improvised loading techniques to load fired 9mm cases and primers to produce usable ammunition. 9mm ammunition is difficult to purchase in most of Europe...

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...

The U.S. has more guns than people, with nearly 400 million in civilian possession.In this map, Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti ranks states by the highest percentage of gun ownership for adults, based on data from the Pew Research Center compiled by Data Pandas as of 2024.High Gun Ownership in Northwestern AmericaMontana tops the ranking of the states with the highest percentage of gun ownership, with 66.3% of the adult population owning firearms. The state has some of the most relaxed gun control laws in America. No state permit is required to purchase or possess a rifle, shotgun, or handgun.The state...

The 25-year-old mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, on Tuesday was arrested and accused of involvement in a drug-trafficking operation and the soliciting of prostitution. Louisiana State Police arrested Mayor Tyrin Truong and six others after investigating an alleged drug trafficking organization operating in the Bogalusa area in April. The criminal organization is accused of distributing opioids, ecstasy, THC products and high-grade marijuana via social media and other channels, then using proceeds to buy guns, some of which were then used in other crimes, police said in a release. All seven suspects, including the mayor, are from Bogalusa and have been charged...

LGBT liberals are reportedly buying firearms over fears they’ll be rounded up and placed in “concentration camps” under the incoming Trump administration, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.The new gun-toting groups, including the Liberal Gun Club, the Socialist Rifle Association, and Pink Pistols, claimed they’ve received “thousands” of firearm training requests since Trump won the 2024 election.“Three months before the election, that’s when the alarm bells started to ring,” a 24-year-old transgender activist told the outlet, adding that armed leftists will now be able to fight back “in the event of hate crimes or terrorist attacks.”The activist added minorities should also...

Gay and transgender liberals around the country are arming themselves over perceived concerns they’ll be rounded up and placed in “concentration camps” under a second Trump administration, according to a report. The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday profiled several members of the emerging gun-toting left, who belong to groups with names like the Liberal Gun Club, the Socialist Rifle Association and Pink Pistols. Although precise figures regarding LGBTQ gun ownership are tough to ascertain given the small cohort, the Liberal Gun Club told the outlet that it’s received “thousands” of firearms training requests since the election — more than in all...