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NY: Albany lawyer explains ‘castle doctrine’ and self-defense laws in New York
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A legal term adopted by the State of New York called “castle doctrine” says a homeowner can use force on someone breaking in, including deadly force in some instances.
“Generally you can use deadly physical force when you think it’s reasonably necessary,” said Paul DerOhannesian, and attorney with DerOhannesian and DerOhannesian Law Firm. “As long as you have a reasonable fear of serious physical injury, you are allowed to use the deadly physical force.” |
FL: 77-year-old woman kills man who attacked her in parking lot, authorities say
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A 77-year-old woman shot and killed a man who attacked her Monday in Florida, according to authorities.
Baker County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the parking lot of Macclenny Veterinary Hospital around 4:30 a.m. Monday after the woman called to report that she had shot a man who attacked her.
Alvin Tyrone Tisdale, 57, was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries, WJXT reported.
The woman acted in self-defense, according to preliminary findings. Authorities are still investigating. |
CO: Denver Carry Ban Becomes Latest Fight for Nationwide Gun Rights
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Gene Hoffman holds concealed-carry permits from California, Utah, Arizona, and Florida, but none allows him to carry a handgun publicly for self-defense when he visits Denver. According to a federal lawsuit brought by Hoffman and Firearms Policy Coalition, Colorado’s residency and reciprocity restrictions combine with Denver’s open-carry ban to leave him without a lawful avenue to exercise that right, even though he is willing and otherwise able to meet Colorado’s permit requirements. |
DOJ Says Gun Owners May Carry in Public National Park Buildings
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The Justice Department has told a federal court that lawful self-defense carry is permitted in ordinary national park buildings open to the public, including visitor centers and shops. But the National Park Service is still telling visitors that federal law prohibits firearms in those facilities.
That contradiction puts gun owners in the middle of two conflicting federal messages about exercising a fundamental right.
In its October 2 filing in Zimmerman v. Blanche, DOJ seeks dismissal for lack of standing, arguing the plaintiffs face no credible threat of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §930(a) for the lawful carry they describe. It calls the application of its earlier post-office interpretation to that conduct “self-evident.” |
CDC Corrects Defensive Gun Use Estimates After Gun-Control Push to Bury Them
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now cites estimates of 500,000 to 2.5 million defensive gun uses each year, correcting its public discussion of armed self-defense after gun-control activists successfully pushed the agency to remove the figures in 2022.
The correction replaces the previously published lower estimate of 60,000. It follows the restoration of the defensive gun use estimates earlier this year, which AmmoLand covered in August. |
The CDC Updated the Defensive Gun Use Statistics on its Website — Again
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The Trace reported last month that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had added a claim to its web page on firearm injury and death prevention stating that Americans use guns defensively an estimated 60,000 to 2.5 million times each year. On September 28, the CDC updated the defensive gun use estimate again, swapping out the lower number for a much higher one: 500,000.
The CDC did not state why they updated the number. They did not respond to The Trace’s request for comment. |
MN: Somali Mayor in Minnesota Calls for Banning Guns
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Mayor Nadia Mohamed of St Louis Park, Minnesota published a short video of herself on her Instagram page on Monday, 5 October, in which she is talking about the issue of Somali gang violence in her area.
Gang-related violence among the Somali community in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota has been a much talked-about issue lately, with the latest news about such a shooting coming out of the city of Eden Prairie, on the same day Mayor Mohamed uploaded her video.
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The Democrat Mayor of Somali origin herself suggested banning guns for—presumably—private citizens.
‘How can we have conversations that are effective, that can actually get something done? And the answer is easy: ban guns,’ she stated in her Instagram video. |
Everytown Bankrolling Democrats in Midterms Could See Virginia Results Repeated Nationwide
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“Scoop: Gun control group gives Dems a $10 million midterm assist,” Axios reported Tuesday. “Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that advocates for stricter gun laws, is teaming up with House Democrats on a $10 million ad campaign to boost former gun safety advocates now running for Congress.”
“The candidates boosted by the campaign are all former volunteers for Moms Demand Action,” the report elaborates, identifying them as:
JoAnna Mendoza of Arizona, Pia Dandiya of Florida, Christina Bohannan, Sarah Trone Garriott and Lindsay James of Iowa, Christina Hines and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet of Michigan, and Paige Cognetti of Pennsylvania. |
AR: Why hunter education alone may not keep kids safe from guns
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According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm-related injury is the leading cause of death for people 1 to 19 years old when you combine homicide, suicide and unintentional injuries.
Cindy Ewell Foster is a clinical professor in the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry and a researcher at the university'sInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention.
"I've been a trainer for other clinicians. I do research in the area of youth suicide prevention. So that's really my calling and my passion. And I got interested in firearm injury prevention because of the role of firearms in youth suicide and, of course, all suicides across the life span in the United States. |
Lessons from tobacco control could help reduce demand for firearms
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Public health strategies that helped reduce cigarette smoking in the United States could provide a model for reducing the appeal and use of firearms, particularly handguns, according to a new paper from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.
Efforts to reduce firearm violence have largely focused on intervening with people considered at risk of harming themselves or others. While those approaches remain important, APPC research director Daniel Romer, Ph.D., argues that they could be complemented by a broader public health strategy aimed at reducing demand for firearms as consumer products. |
NY: Probation department recommends no jail time for Demetrio Daga, but judge may disagree
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The Albany County Probation Department has recommended that Demetrio Daga be put on probation and serve no time behind bars, according to a recent report.
The news came last month after a jury found Daga guilty of violating 15 New York State firearm charges. New York is one of very few states that criminalize homemade firearms.
Unfortunately for Daga and his family, County Court Judge Andra Ackerman has said she may not follow her own probation department’s recommendations, and that she will likely sentence the 44-year-old married father-of-two to decades in a state prison.
Judge Ackerman did not respond to calls or emails seeking her comments for this story. |
UK: Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Interstate Handgun Sales Ban
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the federal interstate handgun sales ban in a 2–1 ruling, holding that the prohibition on direct handgun purchases by out-of-state buyers from licensed dealers violates the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The decision in Elite Precision Customs L.L.C. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was authored by Judge Jerry Smith and joined by Judge Kurt Engelhardt. Judge Catharina Haynes dissented, stating she agreed with the district court’s decision upholding the law. |
CA: California AG Rob Bonta Wanted To Defend Sky-High Carry Permit Fee. Now He's A Defendant In The Suit.
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Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta was named as a defendant Tuesday in an amended complaint challenging Santa Clara County's fees for concealed carry permits.
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) initially filed suit on behalf of several residents of Santa Clara County in September 2025, accusing the county of charging exorbitant rates for applying for and issuing concealed carry permits. The groups filed an amended complaint that named Bonta as a defendant after he sought to become involved in the case. |
Unheralded DOJ Memo Leads Feds To Drop Appeal Of Handgun Ban For Adults Under 21
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) informed a federal appeals court Monday that it was dropping an appeal of a ruling that invalided a federal law prohibiting handgun sales to adults under 21 years of age.
The DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a memo on Sept. 17 declaring that the federal law prohibiting handgun sales to 18-20-year-old adults was unconstitutional in light of the Bruen and Wolford decisions. In a filing with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which was hearing Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF), the government stated it was no longer contesting a federal district court’s ruling. |
MD: Judge lets Maryland’s Glock ban stand
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A federal judge in Maryland refused to block the state’s ban on Glock pistols Monday, arguing it was “consistent with restrictions on excessively dangerous weapons.”
Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed legislation in May that banned the sale of Glock pistols by labeling them “machinegun convertible pistols,” one of a handful of states targeting the popular semiautomatic pistol over illegal modifications. United States Senior District Judge Richard D. Bennett, a George W. Bush appointee, issued his written opinion Monday, making an earlier bench ruling allowing the ban to take effect official. |
Supreme Court Hands Hands Pro-2A Community Win By Declining Follow Up-Case To Major Gun Marijuana Ruling
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A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, consisting of two Trump appointees and one Obama appointee, invalidated Charles Hembree’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm in a Jan. 27 decision due to Hembree’s 2018 conviction for possession of methamphetamine. In a win for gun rights, the Supreme Court elected not to hear the case after the federal government appealed roughly two months before the high court issued its ruling in Hemani v. United States, which struck down the use of a gun charge because Ali Hemani was a regular marijuana user. |
MA: Question 9: Referendum puts major Mass. gun law before voters
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Question 9 is a referendum — the only one of its kind on the ballot this year — meaning that instead of introducing a new law, it would repeal an existing one.
It's before voters because of an effort by gun rights advocates, who strongly opposed the legislation and began the referendum effort quickly after it was signed into law. When it appeared in the fall of 2024 that gun rights advocates had enough signatures to not only put the referendum on the ballot, but also pause the law from taking effect until voters had a say, Healey took executive action to implement it immediately. The move further frustrated the pro-gun group. |
Feds Tried to Disarm Him, but SCOTUS Just Said No
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The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it declined to hear a challenge to an appeals court ruling dismissing a firearms charge against an individual previously convicted of drug possession.
The case centers on Charles Hembree, a Mississippi resident, who was convicted in 2018 of possession of methamphetamine. A federal grand jury in 2022 indicted him for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon under a law that prohibits those convicted of a crime punishable by more than a year in prison from owning guns. |
Guns, Immigration, And Religious Liberty: Inside The Supreme Court’s New Term
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The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with major fights over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, AR-15 bans, religious liberty, election rules, and climate lawsuits.
The justices also face political pressure. Trump has publicly criticized his own appointees following rulings against his administration, while Democrats have floated changes to the Court. November’s midterms could generate additional disputes and determine which party controls the Senate if a vacancy arises. |
Fact-Denying Anti-Gun Groups Attack DOJ’s Under-21 Handgun Decision
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While I am always on the lookout for 2A news, sometimes a worthy item simply appears in my inbox. I’m not sure how it happened, but I somehow wound up on a PR firm’s email blast list. The client was yet another anti-gun group, this one with ties to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Abbey Clements was a teacher at Sandy Hook on that December day. In the aftermath, she got involved with Shannon Watts’ Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Control. |
MA: Mass. justices look to Shays’ Rebellion in deciding gun licensing question
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Sitting in a courtroom mere blocks from where Daniel Shays and his rebels clashed with troops outside the Springfield Arsenal, the state’s highest court explored how that incident at the dawn of the country’s founding informs gun laws today.
In a special Hampden County session Wednesday, the Supreme Judicial Court considered a case that could change the role police chiefs have in deciding who can receive permits to carry guns.
In 2023, then-Holyoke Police Chief David Pratt rejected Randy Westbrook’s application for a license to carry a firearm, saying that two previous criminal cases made him unsuitable to possess a gun. |
OH: Early in-person and mail-in voting begins TODAY, Oct. 6
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It is important that gun owners know which federal- and state-level candidates will protect and defend their right to bear arms before casting a vote. Click here to see our grades and endorsements in this election.
At the forefront is the race between Republicans Vivek Ramaswamy/Rob McColley and Democrats Amy Acton/David Pepper for Ohio governor/lieutenant governor. Ramaswamy and McColley have vowed publicly and often to protect, defend, and advance gun rights. Acton, on the other hand, has the endorsement of Everytown For Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action. |
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