Iowa appeals court: a profane food pantry tirade was illegal activity that restored the duty to retreat under stand-your-ground law. Read the original story: Iowa Court of Appeals: Profane Tirade at a Salvation Army Food Pantry Was Disorderly Conduct That Stripped Stand-Your-Ground Protection Bef...
More than 200 Oregon residents have begun the concealed handgun licensing process after an armed citizen stopped the Silver Rail Elementary School shooter. The surge has prompted additional training, with one class filling in just 20 minutes.
A juvenile shot and killed a man armed with a knife and gun who was assaulting a woman in a Fayette County home. No charges filed, DA says. Read the original story: Juvenile Grabs Gun and Kills Man Armed With Knife and Gun Who Was Assaulting Woman Inside Fayette County Home, DA Says Evidence So F...
FPC asks the full D.C. Circuit to end a standing rule that makes gun owners risk felony charges just to challenge D.C.'s magazine ban. Read the original story: Three Years in Prison to Earn a Day in Court: FPC and Two D.C. Gun Owners Ask the Full D.C. Circuit to Overrule the Standing Rule Shieldi...
Benton County prosecutors freed a Washington man held on a murder hold, saying he likely shot his half-brother in self-defense. Read the original story: Prosecutor Frees 25-Year-Old Prosser Man Held on Murder Hold After Half-Brother Punched Him and Threw a Rock That Shattered His Red Dot Sight
An armed father stopped a school shooter in Oregon. Now a Hawaii newspaper editor is questioning the state's gun-free school laws as national polling shows a majority of voters, particularly K–12 parents, support allowing trained teachers to carry firearms. Copy excerpt
Juniata County man shot a relative in the chest after he broke through his door and threatened to 'teach you a lesson,' state police say. Read the original story: Juniata County Man Shoots Relative Who Broke Down His Door, Stood in the Threshold With Fists Clenched, and Threatened to ‘Teach...
A Lehigh Acres man knocked down by a pickaxe blow shot the attacker standing over him. Days later, the attacker was the one arrested. Read the original story: Florida Man Knocked Down by Pickaxe Blow to the Back Shoots Attacker Standing Over Him, Sheriff Says It Was Self-Defense
Edward Williams won his nine-year fight against a federal gun ban triggered by a 2005 DUI conviction. A companion Third Circuit ruling upheld disarmament tied to violent threats, leaving the constitutional fight over lifetime firearm prohibitions unresolved.
Gun control groups predicted more bloodshed as Americans regained firearm freedoms. A new Second Amendment Foundation factsheet documents 85 warnings alongside falling murder numbers, including substantial declines following Bruen and permitless carry.