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The South Carolina Senate passed the constitutional carry conference report on Wednesday and on Thursday Gov. Henry McMaster (R) will sign it into law.

A San Antonio, Texas, apartment resident shot and killed an alleged car thief Tuesday morning just before 4:00 a.m.

South Carolina’s constitutional carry legislation has been passed out of conference, and subsequently passed by the House, paving the way for the state to become the 29th constitutional carry state before week’s end.

In Texas’s 23rd congressional district, Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) has been forced into a runoff against Second Amendment activist and small business owner Brandon Herrera.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Chris Bort tried to show Face the Nation how easy it was to assemble a “ghost gun” but never managed to make the parts fit together.

Gun control activists are urging the Utah governor to reject a bill to fund training for teachers who want to be armed for classroom defense. 

A 15-year-old is hospitalized in critical condition after a shootout that occurred Saturday between officers and an unknown number of people who fired on them near Six Flags Over Georgia.

The Florida House passed legislation on Friday to lower the legal firearm purchase age from 21 to 18 years.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) announced a bid for Senate Leader, and GOA warned of his support for various gun controls throughout his time in office. 

A bill incentivizing concealed carry for teachers to assist with classroom defense passed the Utah legislation and is headed to Gov. Spencer Cox’s (R) desk.

Host Mike Slater discusses Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he is finally stepping down as the Senate Republican leader in November.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) used a social media post Wednesday to explain his conviction that constitutional carry levels the playing field for law-abiding citizens.

Less than a week after Laken Riley was reportedly killed via blunt force trauma by a non-U.S. citizen, President Joe Biden spoke to reporters about his efforts to fight crime and pushed more gun control.

Police are seeking a suspect who allegedly opened fire near a Florida high school after being called to the scene during a fight. 

The Louisiana House passed constitutional carry legislation Wednesday, which means the bill now goes to Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk to be signed. 

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is introducing legislation to protect FFLs from the ATF’s weaponized “zero tolerance” policy.

A bill making its way through the Arizona legislature would allow ranchers to use lethal force to protect their property from trespassers. 

Colorado Democrats are pushing a liability insurance requirement for the state’s gun owners that would apply even to gun owners who only keep a gun at home for property/self defense.

Central Texas Gun Works owner Michael Cargill’s lawsuit against the ATF’s bump stock ban went to the Supreme Court of the United States.

HB 1364 makes property owners liable if a legal concealed carrier is harmed while barred from carrying for self-defense on the property.

All eyes are on Congress as Veterans Affairs funding is set to expire and proper legislative language is needed in to protect veterans’ gun rights.

An alleged car burglar walked into a hospital Tuesday morning and collapsed after a San Antonio, Texas, homeowner opened fire on him.

At least 21 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend of February 23-25, 2024, in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

On February 26, the Houston Police Department released bodycam footage showing officers shoot and neutralize the February 11, Lakewood Church attacker.

Four men were left with serious injuries following a shooting early Thursday morning in gun-controlled Vancouver, British Columbia.

A Chicago jewelry store employee with a concealed carry permit opened fire on an alleged robber just before 11 a.m. Saturday morning, striking him with at least two bullets. 

Judge Roger T. Benitez issued a decision Thursday striking down California’s ban on billy clubs, noting the less-lethal weapons are protected by the Second Amendment.

On Friday, a Manhattan jury found former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption, and he was ordered to repay the gun rights organization over four million dollars.

Constitutional carry legislation, Senate Bill 1, passed the Louisiana Senate on Thursday and will now be taken up in the House.

Gun Owners of America is holding its first annual Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (G.O.A.L.S.) in August in Knoxville, Tennessee.

An alleged intruder armed with a hammer was airlifted to a hospital Monday after a Grayson County, Texas, homeowner shot him around 4:30 p.m.

Forty-five Maine lawmakers are pressuring Cabela’s to stop selling AR-15s and other firearms Democrats describe as “assault rifles,” noting the October 25, 2023, Lewiston attacker bought a handgun from the retail giant.

The Louisiana Senate Judiciary C Committee passed constitutional carry legislation on a 6-1 vote Tuesday, following Gov. Jeff Landry’s (R) pledge to sign carry legislation if it reaches it his desk.

Lyndell Mays, the man who allegedly fired the first shot in the February 15 Chiefs parade shoutout, says he was “just being stupid.”

The mom of Chiefs parade shooting suspect Lyndell Mays launched a GoFundMe for him, saying she wanted to get him through this “tragic time.”

An alleged intruder in his 50s was shot and killed Wednesday just before 4:00 a.m. in St. Louis’s Central West End.