Chicago is preparing new purchasing requirements for firearm and ammunition vendors, but the order does not address the repeat offenders and concentrated violence driving the city’s bloodshed.
A Saint David homeowner with two small children in the house shot and killed a 67-year-old man trying to enter a window. Read the original story: Arizona Homeowner With Two Small Children Inside Shoots and Kills 67-Year-Old Man Trying to Enter Through a Window
An Ann Arbor store clerk fired a single shot when a man pulled a gun inside the business. Nobody was hit and both suspects ran. Read the original story: Ann Arbor Store Clerk Fires One Shot After Man Pulls a Gun Inside the Business, Both Suspects Run
Limestone County investigators say a 46-year-old man tried to rob two people at gunpoint at a boat ramp. One victim was armed. Read the original story: Alabama Robbery Victim Shoots Armed Suspect Who Demanded a Wallet at Gunpoint at a Boat Ramp
A Leesburg homeowner warned a woman he was armed, fired through the door, then fired again when she reached through the broken window. Read the original story: Florida Homeowner Warns He’s Armed, Fires Through the Door, Then Fires Again When the Woman Reaches Through the Broken Window
Two Warren, Michigan CPL holders shot and killed men during separate domestic violence attacks. Prosecutors filed no charges. Read the original story: 70 Minutes Apart in Michigan: A Brother and a Boyfriend, Cleared in Two Fatal Domestic Violence Shootings
Ruby Ridge began with an alleged National Firearms Act violation involving two shotguns. Thirty-four years later, the NFA registration scheme behind that prosecution is finally beginning to fall in federal court.
Prosecutors dropped a first-degree murder charge against a Manassas pharmacist after a five-hour audio recording surfaced. Read the original story: A Five-Hour Recording No One Had Examined Ends the First-Degree Murder Case Against a Virginia Pharmacist Who Shot Her Husband
A masked, gloved man walked into a Florence vape shop with a gun at 10:15 p.m. A store employee reached for a handgun. Read the original story: Mask, Gloves, and a Gun: Florence Vape Shop Employee Fires on Armed Robber Loading Cash Into a Bag
A jury is evaluating a self-defense case where an armed citizen drew a defensive handgun during a confrontation in a commercial parking lot. The defense argues that the citizen acted under reasonable fear of physical attack following aggressive posturing, while prosecutors contend the action was ...