BREAKING: Illinois State Police Extends Expiring FOID Cards, CCW Permits Due to Coronavirus Emergency
The Illinois State Police have posted the following notice on their Facebook page:
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE DIRECTOR FILES EMERGENCY RULES REGARDING FOID AND CCL RENEWALS
Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Police filed emergency rules this...
BREAKING: LA County Sheriff Throws in the Towel, Will Allow Gun Stores to Reopen
Please see my statement regarding clarification on essential businesses during the #Covid19 Crisis: #LASD #FlattenTheCurve #SheriffV pic.twitter.com/tJSMyQrGDo— Alex Villanueva (@LACoSheriff) March 31, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Another win for the right to armed self defense. Sheriff Alex...
Philladelphia Cop Calls for Criminals to Stay Home During Pandemic
2 shootings in the 12th District today when people should be home! I really can’t comprehend what people don’t understand about this! Watch Netflix/tv/spend time with your loved ones. STAY HOME. Follow the directions...
Why We Sued to Open New Jersey Gun Stores: 700 NJ Cops Test Positive...
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
Published reports that some 700 New Jersey police officers have tested positive for the coronavirus and are quarantined underscores the importance of the Second Amendment Foundation’s lawsuit...
Why Americans are Buying Guns: Cops are Getting Sick, Departments are Stretched Thin
By Jake Bleiberg and Corey Williams, Associated Press
More than a fifth of Detroit's police force is quarantined; two officers have died from coronavirus and at least 39 have tested positive, including the chief of...
LA County Sheriff Closes Gun Sellers, Then Backs Down Under Blowback, Cities Reopening Stores
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva saw an opportunity yesterday and took it. Governor Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order shutting down most businesses in the state didn't mention gun stores. Villanueva said he didn't like...
Philadelphia Police, Other Pennsylvania Counties Stop Issuing Concealed Carry Permits
We talked to someone in Illinois -- someone who's in a good position to know -- who told us that despite the huge backlog of gun sales background checks due to the current gun...
Attorney Says Man Was Sleeping When Maryland SWAT Team Opened Fire on His House,...
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By Michael Kunzelman, AP
A Maryland man was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house, killing him and wounding his girlfriend, an attorney for the 21-year-old man’s family said Friday.
The...
Metaphor Alert: Detroit Cop Accidentally Shoots Herself at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters
As is so often the case in these situations, there is very little information available about a Detroit Police Department officer who shot herself while at....Detroit Public Safety headquarters on Friday.
A remarkably brief Detroit...
‘Disturbing’ Video Shows Chicago Cop Shoot Suspect After Failing to Subdue Him
There's a lot going on in the videos that captured a police-involved shooting that took place yesterday in Chicago. According to the local NBC station, the altercation took place yesterday at about 4:00 p.m....
NM Governor: Sheriffs Should Enforce Red Flag Confiscations or Quit
Flanked by advocates for stricter gun control and supportive law enforcement officials at a signing ceremony, Lujan Grisham said the legislation provides law enforcement authorities with an urgently needed tool to deter...
What Will Your County Sheriff Do Under a Second Amendment Sanctuary Declaration?
By Alex Ooley
Many states around the country, like Virginia, have been making a push to implement stringent gun control measures that include, among other things, universal background checks, magazine capacity limits, and so-called “assault weapons”...