Posts about "assault"
Federal Judge Rules Missouri County’s Under-21 Handgun Ban Violated the Second Amendment
KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal judge has ruled that Jackson County’s short-lived ban on handgun purchases by adults under 21 violated the Second Amendment. In an order dated June 24, U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips granted partial summary judgment to plaintiff Leonard Wilson Jr., finding t...
One Old Misdemeanor, a Lifetime Gun Ban, and the Iowa Ruling That Just Ended It
DES MOINES, IA — The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a felony conviction built on a lifetime firearm ban, ruling that the indefinite prohibition could not survive the strict scrutiny that Iowa voters wrote into the state constitution in 2022. In a 5-2 decision filed June 26, the court reverse...
Virginia Gun Ban Halted: Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Six Days Before July 1 Deadline
In a monumental victory for gun rights organizations, Lancaster County Circuit Judge John Martin issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday, June 25, 2026, completely blocking the Commonwealth of Virginia from enforcing its upcoming assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ban. The ruling arri...
Memphis Tenant Shoots Masked Burglar Caught Hauling His TV Out the Door
MEMPHIS, TENN. — A Northeast Memphis man opened fire on a masked intruder he caught trying to carry his television out of his apartment, police say, leaving the suspect hospitalized in critical condition. It happened around 3:15 p.m. in the 6600 block of West Quailbrook Cove at the Greenbrook a...
The Dubai Trap: Kent TikToker Faces Execution After Stabbing Alleged Captor to Reclaim Passport
A 23-year-old British TikTok influencer, Brooke George, is currently incarcerated at the notorious Bur Dubai police station in the United Arab Emirates, facing a potential death sentence by firing squad. The international advocacy group Detained in Dubai (DiD) has sounded a global alarm, revealin...
Virginia Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction, Pushes Spanberger’s Gun Ban To End Of Year
Just six days before Virginia's new assault weapons and magazine ban was set to take effect, a judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement. The post Virginia Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction, Pushes Spanberger’s Gun Ban To End Of Year appeared first on The Truth About Guns.
POTD: Germany's Panzerbrigade Fields the New G95KA1 at Grafenwöhr
The replacement of the G36 has been a long time coming for the Bundeswehr, and at Exercise Reliable Lion on the ranges at Grafenwöhr, Panzergrenadiere of Panzerbrigade 12 "Oberpfalz" are now putting rounds downrange with the rifle that finally closes that chapter: the G95KA1. Or ho...
Supreme Court’s Wolford Decision Could Blow A Hole In New Jersey’s AR-15 Ban Defense
A new Supreme Court ruling in Wolford v. Lopez may undercut New Jersey’s defense of its semiautomatic firearm ban by clarifying that “Arms” are protected at Bruen’s plain-text stage.
Supreme Court Says Courts Can’t Smuggle Gun Control Into Bruen Step One
The Supreme Court’s decision in Wolford v. Lopez does more than defeat Hawaii’s private-property carry restriction. It also limits how lower courts can dodge Bruen and narrow the Second Amendment before history and tradition are even considered.