By Martha Bellisle, AP A security guard who accidentally injured two students while trying to stop a mass shooting at a school in a Denver suburb will not be criminally charged, but must complete community service, a special prosecutor said Friday. “Although it was illegal for him to have a gun on the premises, our […]
By the Associated Press A Montana man told authorities that he cut off a grizzly bear’s claws as a memento after shooting it in self-defense because he was mad that the bear was going to eat him, according to court records. Bryan Berg, 35, appeared in court on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Missoula […]
From the Associated Press A Kansas teen who said he didn’t know a gun was loaded when he fatally shot a 14-year-old friend has been acquitted of second-degree murder. Jurors returned the verdict Wednesday in the case against the Roeland Park teen, who was 13 years old in August when he shot and killed Zavier Mendoza in […]
By Michael Kunzelman and Mike Balsamo, AP FBI agents on Thursday arrested a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist and two other men who are linked to a violent white supremacist group and were believed to be heading to a pro-gun rally next week in Virginia’s capital. The three men are members of The Base and were arrested […]
By Dan Eldridge Recreational marijuana is now legal in Illinois, and medical cannabis has been legal since 2013. We have seen all kinds of misinformation spread about these subjects and how they relate to having a FOID card, so we want to clear things up as much as we can. Will Your FOID Card be Revoked if you […]
Proposed laws requiring the reporting of lost or stolen firearms are becoming popular across the United States. The latest example is in Missouri, where State Representative-Elect Rasheen Aldridge, D-St. Louis, has pre-filed House Bill 1824, to require reporting of lost or stolen firearms within 72 hours of discovering the loss. These laws are generally pushed […]
The good old Windy City, formerly America’s “Second City” before droves of residents began moving out year after year because of the violent crime and ever-rising taxes. Chicago rolled into 2020 with 513 homicides for the year 2019. So much for a new mayor and a new police superintendent getting a handle of the mayhem. […]
This is TTAG’s weekly roundup of legal and legislative news affecting guns, the gun business and gun owners’ rights. For a deeper dive into the topics discussed here, check out this week in gun rights at FPC. Kansas legislature introduced bills to keep officials from assisting the federal Government from enforcing “red flag laws” The “Kansas Anti-Red-Flag […]
By the Associated Press A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on worshippers Sunday, killing two people before he was shot to death by congregants who fired back, police said. Authorities at a Sunday evening news conference praised the two congregants who opened fire as part of a volunteer […]
[ED: See our post from last night regarding the stabbing attack in Monsey, New York. There were conflicting reports at the time, some identifying the location of the attack as a synagogue. Here’s the latest report from the Associated Press.] By Ryan Tarinelli, AP A man stabbed and wounded five people as they gathered at […]
[ED: See update post here.] Reports and video are coming in of a mass stabbing attack at a Jewish synagogue in Monsey, New York. According to the Jerusalem Post, “…a black male entered the synagogue and pulled out a machete, then removed its cover and started stabbing people.” 3 people reported stabbed just before 10 […]
From the Bellingham Herald: “The Bellingham man accused of fatally shooting his wife, who was a Bellingham elementary school principal, and their two pets Thursday morning may have admitted to killing his family in Twitter replies to the National Rifle Association, the President of the United States and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.” Guns don’t kill people, people […]
