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WY: State law enforcement sounds alarm as Second Amendment bill advances in legislature
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None of the individuals that presented the bill or provided testimony indicated any specific case where this piece of legislation would solve a problem that we currently have in the state of Wyoming, Casper Police Department Captain Jeremy Tremel told Oil City News on Monday.

House and Senate versions of the Second Amendment Protection Act Amendments bill that moved through respective appropriations committees would significantly modify a 2022 bill that established penalties for law enforcement cooperating with any unconstitutional federal law regarding firearms.

Tremel said the 2022 law was sound and straightforward, as law enforcement are keenly aware of what is and isnt constitutional and stay up-to-date with case law.

Registration Now Open for 2026 Gun Rights Policy Conference
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Registration is now open for the 41st annual conference. GRPC is slated for Sept. 25 27 in Dallas at the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport hotel.

For more than four decades, GRPC has been the go-to event for Second Amendment advocates, bringing together the nation's top 2A attorneys, activists and industry leaders to strategize and strengthen our fight for freedom.

Co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, last year's GRPC speakers included special operations veteran Christian Craighead; author and Ruby Ridge siege survivor Sara Weaver; ...

WY: Senate rejects amendment to proposed gun bill despite law enforcement concerns
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The Senate voted Monday to strip an amendment to a bill that law enforcement officers say will handcuff them and diminish their ability to address crime.

The amendment aimed to address law enforcement concerns about House Bill 130. But the Senates move on Monday restored the bill to a version that Wyoming law enforcement has repeatedly cautioned would create legal ambiguity that could put officers and agencies at risk for litigation, threaten federal partnerships and ultimately hamper efforts to enforce laws.

MI: What constitutional carry would mean for Michigan gun owners
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A group of Republican lawmakers wants to get rid of Michigan's law requiring residents to have a permit to carry a concealed pistol.

Legislation introduced this week in the GOP-controlled Michigan House would repeal the state's concealed pistol permit law, allowing residents to carry a handgun without any identification that they're permitted to do so.

The Republican-authored bills seek to make Michigan a so-called constitutional carry state, where residents can assert their Second Amendment right to bear arms when carrying a concealed handgun into public places.

WA: Mass Stabbing Proves Violent Criminals Are The Problem, Not Guns
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Following a deadly mass stabbing in Washington State, a major gun-rights organization is saying what gun owners have long known but gun-ban advocates wont acceptits the criminal, stupid.

On February 24, a man who had a protective order against him stabbed multiple people, including the person who had the protective order against him. (The ineffectiveness of a piece of paper to protect unarmed victims is another story altogether, but equally maddening.) The violent attacker managed to kill four people with his knife before being shot dead by officers with the Pierce County Sheriffs Office.

CO: Gun control bills targeting 3D-printed ghost guns, barrel sales overcome key votes in Colorado legislature
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Two major gun control policies backed by Democrats passed out of their respective chambers on Monday in the Colorado legislature.

House Bill 1144, which would ban the manufacture and sale of 3D-printed guns and certain gun components, such as frames and receivers, passed the House in a 40-25 vote. Lawmakers in the Senate also voted 19-16 to pass Senate Bill 43, which would restrict the sale or transfer of gun barrels to only federally licensed firearm dealers.

Both measures passed largely along party lines and now head to the opposite chamber for further consideration. Democrats hold large majorities in both the House and Senate, making it likely that both bills will make it out of the legislature and to Gov. Jared Polis desk.

CO: How Many Guns Must You Wear To Be A Man?
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Rep. Ryan Armagost pushed the limits of that question during yesterdays marathon hearing on legislation to ban assault weapons, perhaps breaking the record for most pieces of firearms flair displayed by a lawmaker still managing to conform to the Colorado Houses dress code:

We count eleven totalan AR-15 lapel pin, another AR-15 tie tack, and at least nine guns visible on Rep. Armagosts tie itself. Thats got to be the most guns weve seen near one elected official since Rep. Lauren Boebert pulled out a good chunk of her gun collection to display on the wall behind her during a remote U.S. House committee hearing.

MO: No charges filed in fatal shooting of St. Louis rapper
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A shooting that left 19-year-old St. Louis rapper J4 dead was captured clearly on camera, but the circuit attorney has declined to file charges, raising questions about what led up to the gunfire.

Video posted online shows the moment J4 was shot in a rivals front yard Saturday. The doorbell video appears to show that almost immediately after J4 knocked on a door, a person came outside with a gun and began shooting.

A suspect was detained that weekend, but FOX 2 News has confirmed the person has since been released without charges. Some commenters online have suggested the shooting may have been in self-defense.

There had to be, based upon witness testimony or statements, something more to this, defense attorney...

OH: BFA testifies for SB 273 to provide civil immunity for voluntary firearm storage
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On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) testified before the House Public Safety Committee in favor of Senate Bill 273.

SB 273, sponsored by Sen. Kyle Koehler (R-Springfield), passed unanimously as Sub. SB 273 on Nov. 19, 2025, and had its first hearing in the House Public Safety Committee on Feb. 17. SB 273 would enact the "Keep Them Safe Act" to provide guidelines and civil immunity for the voluntary storage of firearms.

This was the House committee's second hearing on the Senate bill.

IL: SAF Files Reply Brief with Supreme Court in Public Transit Carry Ban Case
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a reply in support of its petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Schoenthal v. Raoul, SAF's challenge to Illinois' ban on public transit carry.

The lawsuit was originally filed in 2022 and challenges the public transit firearms carry ban in Illinois. To lawfully carry a firearm in the state, residents are required to obtain not only a Firearm Owners Identification Card (FOID), but also a concealed carry license.

MI: Michigan lawmakers seek to revoke concealed carry pistol permit requirements
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A group of Michigan House Republicans has introduced a series of bills that would allow state residents to carry concealed weapons without needing a permit.

Some of those supporting the bill participated in a press conference Tuesday in Lansing to explain the bills and relate their position on the Second Amendment.

The bills have been referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

"When we exercise our First Amendment rights like our right to speak, we do not have to get a permit or permission from the government to speak. When we exercise our right to worship, we do not have to get a permit or permission to go worship," Rep. James DeSana, R-Carleton, said.

This Supreme Court case is bringing together 'strange bedfellows'
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In United States v. Hemani, the U.S. Supreme Court is examining a federal law that forbids gun ownership if one "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance." The Hemani in the case is Texas resident Ali Danial Hemani, who is arguing that the law violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.

During a 2022 search, FBI agents found a gun, marijuana and cocaine in Hemani's home. And he acknowledged that he uses marijuana roughly every other day.

In an article published by the libertarian Reason on March 4, journalist Jacob Sullum notes that the case is uniting "strange bedfellows" from two different lobbies...

New Legal Strategy Challenges ATFs Interpretation of the 1986 Hughes Amendment Machine Gun Ban
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In a new breaking news sit-down on The Four Boxes Diner, constitutional litigator and Second Amendment historian Stephen P. Halbrook joins host Mark W. Smith to walk viewers through a question gun owners have debated for decades: does federal law actually forbid the registration of post-May 19, 1986 machine guns for ordinary Americansor did ATF fill in the blanks with regulation and judicial deference that no longer holds up?

This is a lawyer-to-lawyer conversation about statutory text, agency overreach, and the post-Chevron legal landscapeplus a developing strategy in places like West Virginia and Kentucky that could force a clean test of ATFs long-standing interpretation.

TX: AK Guy Brandon Herrera Heads to Likely Runoff Against GOP Rep
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Tuesday's primary elections in Texas seem to have left incumbent U.S. Rep. Ernest "Tony" Gonzales in a run-off with gun tube's Brandon Herrera.

The rematch between the increasingly scandalous Gonzales, a retired Navy crypto Master Chief who entered Congress in 2021 and is seeking to retain his seat, and the AK-50 designing/gun meme reviewer Herrera came down to the wire Wednesday morning in a dead heat. In 2024, Gonzales narrowly bested Herrera in a tight runoff, and it seems that the two will face off in a similar event on May 26 to decide who will advance on the Republican ticket to the November general election.

Ed.: Herrera won by about 800 votes (~1.5%) with 43.3% of the vote; headed to a runoff in May.

MI: Lawmakers push for removal of concealed pistol licensing
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Some lawmakers in Lansing believe Michigan is too restrictive when it comes to gun laws. They argue concealed pistol licenses (CPL) go against the right to bear arms.

If you want to carry concealed in Michigan, there is paperwork, fingerprints, and a class in your future. But that could soon change.

To me it feels safer, but obviously I get it, said Kenny Johnroe, online sales manager at Duncans Outdoor Shop. Not everyones comfortable with them.

Inside Duncans Outdoor Shop in Bay City, talk of a new gun bill is moving almost as fast as sales across the counter. Carrying concealed means getting a concealed pistol license, and that process takes time.

MI: Hillsdale College Opens Doors to New Nimrod Complex with Two-Day Public Open House
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This weekend, the public gets its first look at one of the newest shooting sports facilities in the country.

Hillsdale College is hosting a two-day open house for the Nimrod Complex, a 62,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor archery, air gun, and rifle and pistol range at the John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center. The event runs Friday, March 6 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Halter Center, located at 4390 Bankers Road in Hillsdale, Michigan.

The Nimrod Complex houses 60 10-meter indoor precision lanes, 20 25-meter indoor archery lanes, 24 50-meter indoor/outdoor smallbore lanes and 12 50-foot indoor/outdoor covered retractable centerfire pistol lanes.

OH: Change in Ohio law makes murder convictions tougher when self-defense claims used
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Previously, defense attorneys carried the burden of proving that their client acted in self-defense, but the law now presumes the defendant acted in self-defense unless the state can prove otherwise.

Ben Swift, a Dayton defense lawyer, recently used this legal standard while representing Pointer.

Pointer was accused of killing a woman in March 2025 during a drug sale on Troy Street.

Evidence in the case suggested the woman attempted to pull a weapon on Pointer before he fired his own gun.

Basically, putting the burden on the prosecution to prove a defendant did not act in self-defense, Swift said.

A Montgomery County jury found Pointer not guilty.

Dan Wesson Firearms Featured on the Cover of Guns & Ammo April 2026 Issue
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Dan Wesson Firearms proudly announces that the Dan Wesson DWX and Dan Wesson Specialist are featured on the cover of the April 2026 issue of Guns & Ammo, now available on newsstands nationwide.

"To be featured on the cover of Guns & Ammo with both the DWX and Specialist is a tremendous honor," said Chris Sprangers, Director of Marketing for CZ and Dan Wesson Firearms. "The DWX represents innovation rooted in heritage, and the Specialist continues to define what a duty-grade 1911 should be. Seeing both recognized together speaks to the breadth of the Dan Wesson lineup."

MI: What constitutional carry would mean for Michigan gun owners
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WY: Wyoming Sheriffs Have Problem Preserving Second Amendment
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The Second Amendment shouldn't require states to pass laws in order to preserve it. The fact that it's part of the Constitution should do that just fine.

Unfortunately, that's not how things have worked, and the left wants to take their infringements up a notch or 12.

So, as a result, some states are looking at ways they can protect the rights of residents, even if the feds have forgotten what the Second Amendment is all about. Unfortunately, in Wyoming, the sheriffs are universally opposed to the bill intending to do just that.

Anti-Gun States Rush to Save Federal Handgun Mailing Ban
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In a dramatic new chapter of Shreve v. United States Postal Service, a trio of anti-gun states has stepped into the legal fight over the federal ban on mailing handguns. This fight was reignited earlier this year, when the U.S. Department of Justice formally concluded that the nearly 100-year-old prohibition in 18 U.S.C. § 1715 is unconstitutional as applied to constitutionally protected arms.

In January 2026, the Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), led by Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, issued a memorandum concluding that the federal statute barring the mailing of pistols, revolvers ...

TX: Gun Rights Activist Brandon Herrera Forces Rep. Gonzales Into Texas GOP Runoff
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One of the most closely watched Republican primaries in the country has turned into a political earthquake in South Texas. Gun-rights activist and firearms manufacturer Brandon Herrera has forced incumbent Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) into a runoff election in Texas 23rd Congressional District, signaling deep dissatisfaction among grassroots conservatives and Second Amendment voters.

With nearly all votes counted in the March 3 Republican primary, Gonzales and Herrera each captured enough of the vote, leaving neither candidate above the 50-percent threshold required to win outright under Texas election law.

3D‑printed ghost guns are not as untraceable as criminals think: each printer leaves a unique chemical signature
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3D-printed guns are a growing threat to public safety. The blueprints used to make these firearms can be found online, making them easily accessible. With a relatively cheap 3D printer and a quick web search, anyone could print their own unlicensed gun.

These guns have been called untraceable. Research is now putting this claim to the test.

Our new study, published in the journal Forensic Chemistry, has found some filaments the materials used in 3D printers have distinct chemical profiles that could help link seized 3D-printed guns to their source.