Corrupt South African police officials supplied criminal gangs with firearms taken from government stores and marked for destruction. Now, South Africa is presiding over the Arms Trade Treaty conference and promoting stronger international gun control.
NIST’s review of firearm microstamping research found significant disagreement over whether the technology can reliably produce repeatable, legible markings. The findings arrive as California moves toward a conditional 2028 mandate for semiautomatic pistols.
The CDC has restored its defensive gun use estimates after emails revealed that gun-control advocates pushed the agency to remove the figures in 2022.
A federal judge refused Louisiana State Police's bid to pull the Justice Department into a concealed carry lawsuit. Read the original story: Louisiana State Police Tried to Pull the Justice Department Into a Concealed Carry Lawsuit. The Judge Said No, and the Case Stays Pointed at the State.
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
A federal judge upheld Massachusetts' 21-and-over rule for handguns and semiautos, rejecting the NRA-backed Escher v. Noble challenge. Read the original story: Federal Judge Upholds Massachusetts Handgun Ban for 18- to 20-Year-Olds, Rejecting NRA and SAF Challenge
A Rochester homeowner used a legally owned handgun after an accused burglar entered his house before dawn. Police say the dead man was on parole and the shooting appears justified.
An attempted residential break-in at a north Harris County apartment turned fatal on Saturday when a 911 caller shot and killed an alleged intruder. Officials with the Houston Police Department and county authorities confirmed that the caller’s girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend attempted to force ent...
A Texas federal judge rejected DOJ’s attempt to save pieces of ATF’s Biden-era gun-seller rule, leaving the entire 2024 regulation vacated while warning that ATF’s proposed rewrite repeats the same legal error.
After losing McDonald, Chicago required residents to complete live-fire training before owning a gun—while banning every public range. Ezell v. City of Chicago exposed that scheme and established that the right to keep arms includes learning to use them.