Firearms - Page 3

Investigators found an arsenal of weapons including explosives in a Paris suburb after raiding a local drug trafficking network.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates 434 million firearms were manufactured for private ownership over the last 25 years alone. 

Americans underwent over 21 million background checks and purchased nearly 23 million firearms during 2020.

Police arrested a 22-year-old Syrian migrant in the Evros region near the Greek border with Turkey in possession of ten Turkish-made Zoraki pistols.

Rapper Lil Wayne, who recently voiced support for President Donald Trump’s plan for black Americans, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, according to multiple reports.

A 24-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from a loaded .25 caliber handgun police found “concealed in his rear end.”

Donald Trump needs allies in the House of Representatives, said former Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), commenting on congressional campaign.

German police have entered their third day of a manhunt for 31-year-old Yves Etienne Rausch, who is accused of pulling a firearm on four officers and disarming them during a police check.

Gabriel Wortman, the attacker who killed 22 victims in Nova Scotia April 18-19, 2020, killed nearly half those victims with fire rather than firearms.

A man in Chatham, England has been arrested by police after shooting a gun from his balcony as he live-streamed the incident on social media.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons. But critics say the process was flawed and many owners have illegally stashed their firearms.

Police in Hong Kong fined a Russian man $3,000 (about $383 USD) for trying to smuggle used tear gas shells and rubber bullet casings back to his country as a souvenir, local media reports. 

A U.S. Secret Service study examining school shootings between 2008 and 2017 shows that all shooters “exhibited concerning behaviors” prior to carrying out their attacks.

The Supreme Court’s decision regarding asylum claimants is evidence of Donald Trump’s successes in reforming immigration, said Hogan Gidley.

No mention of radical Islam was made by any senators during Monday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing — uniquely held at the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, NY — days before the 18th anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf has expressed public concern over the number of shootings and explosions across the country that are often linked to gang crime.

Democrat presidential candidates and senators this week renewed their threats that unless the U.S. Supreme Court issues liberal rulings on the Second Amendment and other issues, that Democrats will fundamentally restructure the nation’s highest court, a shocking threat to judicial independence not seen since the 1930s.

Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed legislation Tuesday that will force every New Jersey firearm retailer to carry at least one so-called smart gun for sale in their stores.

An Oklahoma woman was caught on camera shooting a gun at a neighbor’s house and then firebombing it.

Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro approved a plan on Thursday to manufacture machine guns across Venezuela despite a nationwide ban on the use of firearms.

During his eponymous radio show on Monday, Dennis Prager noted the necessity of firearms in stopping criminal violence while reflecting on Saturday’s shooting at a San-Diego-area synagogue.

A witness to what appears to be a foiled gas station robbery said the clerk opened fire and shot the alleged robber “quite a few times.”

An Islamic preacher in Prague has come under severe criticism after telling Muslims they should equip themselves with weapons following the Christchurch attack in New Zealand.

President Donald Trump stressed during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that the Democrats’ myriad gun control plans will not make all come to an end once they reach his desk.

House Democrats passed legislation that adds a ten-day extension to instant firearm background checks on Thursday, marking the second piece of gun control legislation they have passed in as many days.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed legislation Wednesday to abolish his state’s concealed carry permit requirement.

Republican leadership in the House successfully added a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alert for illegal aliens attempting to buy guns to the Democrats’ gun control bill on Wednesday.

Fourteen of New Mexico’s 33 counties have adopted “Second Amendment Sanctuary” resolutions to make clear their sheriffs feel no pressure to enforce new gun controls being pushed by Democrats at the state level.

Victims of last summer’s Danforth handgun attack in Ontario, Canada, are calling for an “assault weapon” ban.

The Massachusetts College of Art and Design Board of Trustees voted against a request from its campus police officers to be armed in an 8-2 vote on Tuesday, deciding that the officers should remain unarmed to ensure a safe and inclusive environment. The school is the only four-year state college in the nation with an unarmed police force.

Police have arrested Imran Mostafa Kamel, the son of jailed Finsbury Park mosque radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri, while investigating the fatal stabbing of a doorman in London on New Year’s day.

The Chatham County Police Department is asking residents to provide the serial numbers to all firearms in order to help police find them if they are stolen.

Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams (D) and New York State Sen. Kevin Parker (D-21) are both pushing to require a social media background check before allowing individuals to purchase firearms.

Statistics compiled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reveal more than 16 million AR and AK-style firearms were produced for Americans in the period 1990-2016.

During day two of the Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) tried to redefine “common use” as it applies to firearms. Feinstein addressed Kavanaugh, saying, “You specifically argued that the DC ‘assault weapons’ ban was unconstitutional, and I

The future of gun sales at Cow Palace and therefore of gun shows at the historic venue, now rests with Gov. Jerry Brown (D).