[ad_1] Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Friday that will require all gun barrel sales to be conducted by licensed firearms dealers, mandating that said dealers conduct an “eligibility check” before selling a barrel. Also, the language of the bill — SB 704 — makes clear that a five dollar fee will be added to each

[ad_1] On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 1127, aka, “Glock Ban” legislation, into law. The National Shooting Sports Foundation noted that the “Glock Ban” will take effect July 1, 2026, “[banning] the sale of new Glock-brand pistols and Glock-style clones.” The “Glock Ban” is Democrat-sponsored legislation, fashioned as a response to the

[ad_1] Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed numerous gun control bills Friday, one of which broadens California’s red flag law by adding to the people who can seek an order to have an individual’s guns removed. The legislation, AB 1344, adds district attorneys to the already extensive list of people who can seek the issuance of

[ad_1] The parent company of Winn-Dixie grocers is making clear customers are prohibited from carrying openly in its stores despite Florida’s open-carry law, which took effect September 25, 2025. BayNews9 published a comment from Southeastern Grocers, Winn-Dixie’s parent company, which said: Our priority is creating a safe and welcoming shopping experience for all customers and

[ad_1] Texas-based Bond Arms Inc., long known for building virtually indestructible firearms, has now released one of its derringers bearing the words “Class, Strength, Beauty,” in honor of First Lady Melania Trump. The two-shot derringer is chambered in .38 Special. On the right side of the top barrel are the words, “The First Lady,” along

[ad_1] Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has dropped his focus on a special gun control session after his push for an “assault weapons” ban fell flat in the legislature. CBS News reported Walz saying, “If we’re going to hold a special session on safety of our children and safety of our streets and safety on gun

[ad_1] How have gun laws changed since the Parkland school shooting? Seven years ago today, 17 students and staff members were murdered when a former student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The shooter is spending the rest of his life behind bars. What are lawmakers doing to protect schools in the future?

[ad_1] Now that open carry of handguns is the law of the land in Florida, Publix grocers is confirming its policies will be in compliance with the law, which means customers will be able to openly carry. Breitbart News pointed to a September 10, 2025, First District Court of Appeals decision wherein a three-judge panel

[ad_1] Last week, U.S. District Judge Corey L. Maze of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority by issuing its 2024 Final Rule expanding the definition of being “engaged in the business” of “dealing in firearms.” The

[ad_1] Prosecutors charged New York State Attorney General Letitia James with three counts of fraud on Thursday, the latest federal case against one of President Trump’s adversaries since he began his second term. An indictment filed Thursday in Virginia charges James, a Democrat who won a 2023 fraud judgment against Trump, with falsely claiming on

[ad_1] The recent killing of three police officers, responding to a domestic assault in Pennsylvania, was not an isolated incident but part of a persistent national crisis. It followed several other acts of gun violence across the US, including a mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis in August, where two children and the

[ad_1] As a related case awaits review by the U.S. Supreme Court, House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, has filed legislation to lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns in Florida from 21 to 18. The proposal (HB 133) will be considered during the 2026 legislative session, which begins

[ad_1] In recent years, the United States has witnessed a steady drumbeat of gun violence– from high-profile mass shootings to rising firearm-related deaths in cities and rural communities alike. As policymakers debate red flag laws, expanded background checks and restrictions on assault-style weapons, Americans remain deeply divided on how best to respond while increasingly growing

[ad_1] CBS News Live CBS News Miami Live Amid a U.S. Supreme Court case on the issue, House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, on Wednesday filed a proposal that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns in Florida from 21 to 18. Sirois filed the bill (HB 133) for

[ad_1] Amid a U.S. Supreme Court case on the issue, House Majority Leader Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, on Wednesday filed a proposal that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns in Florida from 21 to 18. Sirois filed the bill (HB 133) for consideration during the 2026 legislative session, which

[ad_1] A male child was found shot to death in an alley in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood Wednesday just before 8:00 a.m. ABC 7 reported the child had been shot in the chest. Law enforcement has yet to determine exactly when the shooting occurred or what motivated it, but the Chicago Sun-Times noted that “police are trying to

[ad_1] Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) boasted Tuesday about the gun controls she’s signed while in office, omitting the fact that none of them prevented the September 28 church attack. Whitmer posted to X: “We’ve made some great progress, here in Michigan. I am proud to have signed into law universal background checks, safe storage,

[ad_1] FOX News reported that Everytown for Gun Safety gave $200,000 to Jay Jones campaign, the same Jay Jones who used text messages to “[reveal] his desire” to shoot a former GOP lawmaker. Jones is a Democrat candidate for Virginia’s office of Attorney General. Breitbart News pointed to an October 3 report from the National Review which found that

[ad_1] In Michigan, a gunman storms a Mormon church, killing four worshippers and injuring eight more. At Utah Valley University, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk is assassinated in cold blood. In Minneapolis, a shooter opens fire at Annunciation Catholic Church, killing two children—just 8 and 10 years old—and wounding 21 others, most of them young students

[ad_1] I wonder if the suits in office who have the ability to legislate gun control policy have ever experienced what a 21st-century classroom feels like. I wonder if they’ve ever had to practice cramming themselves into the darkest corners of a classroom, as far away as possible from the door. I wonder if they’ve

[ad_1] Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) claims President Trump’s focus on Chicago “has nothing to do with crime” but failed to mention that the Windy City has witnessed over 6,200 murders during the last decade. Breitbart News pulled data from the University of Chicago Crime Lab (UCCL), CNN, the Associated Press (AP), the Chicago Police Department

[ad_1] Here are recent Journal Star letters to the editor: Rethink program cuts The Sept. 28 article about UNL’s proposed elimination of programs for budgetary reasons includes a student’s lament about the elimination of the graduate program in Community and Regional Planning. As a part-time faculty member in 1971-73 I taught the first CRP courses,

[ad_1] Democrats are pushing back on Trump administration claims Chicago is a “war zone” even as the evidence shows more than 32,000 people have been shot in the Windy City during the past decade alone. Breitbart News pulled data from the Chicago Sun-Times, CNN, and the Chicago Police Department (CPD), to tally the overall numbers

[ad_1] There have been more than 1,500 shooting victims–fatal and non-fatal combined–in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago thus far in 2025. Chicago Police posted a report for Week 39 of this year (Sept. 22-28) showing that the number of shootings in the Windy City had topped 1,100. The Chicago Sun-Times published figures showing the city

[ad_1] A man who was prosecuted after admitting to lying about his marijuana use on a federal firearms purchasing form is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the matter as the justices are set to discuss several other cases on cannabis consumers’ gun rights later this week. In a petition filed with

[ad_1] At least 30 people were shot, five of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. Breitbart News reported at least 13 people were shot Friday into Saturday night alone, and four of those people succumbed to their wounds. On Monday morning, CBS News noted that the weekend’s toll of violence

[ad_1] A woman was fatally shot and a man was shot and wounded in two separate shootings at South Carolina State University on Saturday. Live 5 News reported the shootings occurred “during the university’s annual Homecoming celebration several hours after the football game.” The gunfire reportedly came from Hugine Suites, a residence hall which is located