New Survey Estimates 180,000 Defensive Gun Uses Against Animals Each Year
A major new national firearms survey estimates that Americans use guns defensively against animal threats roughly 180,000 times every year.
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Fatal Glacier Grizzly Attack Report Confirms Hiker Emptied Bear Spray
Investigators confirmed Anthony Pollio fully discharged his bear spray during the fatal Mount Brown grizzly attack. The official review still recommends spray while ignoring the documented effectiveness of handguns.
M10 Booker: Not Your Daddy’s Light Tank
For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painf...
New York Tracked Gun Owner for 15 Months After Online Purchases
Legal purchases of a 3D printer, Glock springs, and a New York-compliant magazine reportedly put Demetrio Daga on a government-generated target list. After 15 months of surveillance produced no observed trafficking, New York authorities raided two homes and charged him over privately manufactured...
New Mexico Loses 7-Day Gun Waiting Period Case—Still Enforces It Against Most Buyers
New Mexico’s seven-day firearm waiting period has lost on the merits in federal court. The victory is significant, but the injunction currently protects only Samuel Ortega and Rebecca Scott.
Waiting Periods, VA Ban on Hold: This Week in FFL News
Colorado and Maine waiting-period cases advance, Virginia's assault-weapons challenge is paused while SCOTUS weighs a similar case, and ATF's direct-to-home shipping rule closes its comment window. This week's digest for FFL dealers.
FFL News: Suppressor Boom, Direct-Ship Rule & NFA Reopening
This week's top stories for FFL dealers: a suppressor sales surge amid regulatory confusion, a proposed direct-to-home shipping rule, and the NFA pipeline reopening.
A Stalking Victim Passed Her Background Check, Paid for the Gun, and Went Home Unarmed. Maine’s 72-Hour Wait Is Now at the Supreme Court.
Beckwith v. Frey asks the Supreme Court to strike Maine's 72-hour gun waiting period after the First Circuit upheld the law. Read the original story: A Stalking Victim Passed Her Background Check, Paid for the Gun, and Went Home Unarmed. Maine’s 72-Hour Wait Is Now at the Supreme Court.
Delivery Driver Acts in Self-Defense After Being Threatened With Knife
Florida Homeowner Warns He’s Armed, Fires Through the Door, Then Fires Again When the Woman Reaches Through the Broken Window
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