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AZ: Arizona Gun Dealer Facing Terrorism Charges for Alleged Sales to Cartels
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An Arizona gun dealer is facing terrorism charges in connection with a [alleged] conspiracy to provide weapons to both Cartel Jalisco New Generation and the Sinaloa Cartel. {clarification of this bad article added}
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Submitter's note: this article is beyond bad and misleading and even reeks of being written by the ATF terrorists themselves. SO MUCH is left out. Larry Gray, a 65 year old man, was set up and entrapped by coward agents posing to make the purchase and then they asked for directions to the port of entry. Writers Iortiz@breitbart.com and bdarby@breitbart.com could use directions to decent journalism. |
CA: Two hunting bills for deer hunter self-defense and tag transfer to youth
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A bill introduced by District 1 Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick could allow parents to pass their unused deer tags to certain family members. Hadwick says the bill is meant to expand hunting education.
In an Action News Now interview, Hadwick said it's a way for parents to teach their kids about hunting. Hadwick shared that her own son, who's now 21, never pulled a deer tag and that their family was fortunate to have the means to take him to Montana for his first deer hunt. |
NM: Uber driver acquitted of manslaughter charge
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After five days of trial, a jury has found the Uber driver accused of voluntary manslaughter not guilty. On St. Patrick’s Day 2019, Uber driver Clayton Benedict picked up James Porter and his friend from a brewery.
Investigators say both passengers were drunk, and Porter’s friend threw up in the car. Both sides say Benedict and Porter got into an argument, which led to Benedict pulling over on the side of I-25, where he tried to leave the two men on the side of the road. The situation escalated, Benedict pulled a gun, and shot Porter five times. |
NY: Calce v. City of New York Puts ‘Common Use’ Burden at Center of Second Amendment Fight
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The Second Circuit’s oral argument in Calce v. City of New York showed exactly how hostile courts can keep anti-gun laws alive without ever honestly grappling with the Second Amendment.
At issue is New York City’s ban on civilian possession of stun guns and tasers—electronic arms commonly marketed as less-lethal self-defense tools. The plaintiffs, backed by the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition, say that should have been an easy case after the Supreme Court’s 2016 decision in Caetano v. Massachusetts, which made clear that stun guns are “arms” and cannot be excluded from Second Amendment protection simply because they are modern weapons. |
Trump’s DOJ reasons that 2nd Amendment could include nuclear weapons
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For example, past decisions have allowed citizens to legally own firearms and knives but not to own cannons, poisonous gases, weaponized aircraft, or brass knuckles.
The DOJ filing in question challenges a Massachusetts law restricting the types of firearms that can be sold in the state, something that the DOJ says violates the Second Amendment. Rather than relying on legislators and courts to decide what “common use” weapons are, the DOJ argues that such determinations should be made by “customary” practices and “ the habits of the country” — that is, what everyday citizens carry and use. |
SAF Challenges Carry Ban In National Park Facilities
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a lawsuit challenging the ban on firearms possession in federal facilities operated by the National Park Service.
The lawsuit specifically challenges the constitutionality of federal law 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), which bars knowingly possessing a firearm in a federal facility, as applied to federal facilities operated by the National Park Service. The law defines a federal facility in the National Park System as “…government offices, visitor centers, ranger stations, fee collection buildings, and maintenance facilities.” Park officials themselves are also allowed to impose park-specific restrictions on where firearms may be carried. |
VA: Spanberger Faces Second Amendment Test as Virginia Gun Bills Loom
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Abigail Spanberger has been governor of Virginia for only a few months, yet she already faces a political crossroads.
The 75th governor of Virginia campaigned on a promise to govern as a moderate, one who would work with both political parties and be tough on crime. She was a law enforcement agent after all, and a CIA operative. She’s all in on America’s security.
On her own website, she pledged to “focus on bringing Virginians together, lowering costs for Virginia families, keeping our communities safe,” among other promises.
So far, Spanberger’s actions haven’t meshed with her campaign rhetoric. |
Appeal Planned In Texas Court Ruling Upholding Carry Ban In ‘Sensitive Places’
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The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is appealing a ruling by a Texas judge that the state’s concealed carry ban at bars, racetracks, and sporting events is constitutional under the Second Amendment.
In the case Ziegenfuss v. Martin, FPC and three individual plaintiffs brought a facial challenge under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against Texas Department of Public Safety Director Freeman Martin, arguing that the state’s location-based bans violate the right to bear arms for immediate self-defense in public. |
MO: Missouri House committee sinks latest bid to revive Second Amendment law
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Missouri lawmakers’ latest attempt to bar state and local officials from helping enforce certain federal gun laws collapsed Wednesday in a House committee, defeated not only by Democrats but by Republicans who said the bill would hurt gun dealers, invite costly litigation and ignore the concerns of law enforcement.
The House General Laws Committee voted 9-3 against a bill aimed at reviving Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act. The committee has 16 members — 11 Republicans and five Democrats — meaning the bill would have failed even if all four absent members had shown up. |
FL: Florida AG Says Some Nonviolent Felons Should Keep 2nd Amendment Rights, Prosecutors Push Back
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has taken the unusual step of arguing that the state cannot constitutionally disarm every person with a felony record, only those whose history shows they are dangerous. The issue is now before Florida’s First District Court of Appeal in Morgan v. State of Florida, a case involving Christopher Morgan, whose only prior conviction was a 2007 Pennsylvania felony for carrying a firearm without a license. After a 2022 traffic stop in Tallahassee, Morgan told law enforcement he had a gun in his center console and was later charged under Florida’s felon-in-possession law. |
Locked And Loaded: New Lawsuit Aims To Strip Gun Bans From National Park Buildings
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A Texas firearms instructor and two major gun rights advocacy groups have officially sued the federal government, seeking to overturn the ban on carrying firearms inside visitor centers, ranger stations, and other buildings within the National Park System.
The complaint, filed March 27, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, names U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi as the defendant.
The legal challenge focuses on Gary Zimmerman, a Fort Worth resident and certified firearms instructor who holds carry licenses in ten different states. |
CO: To avoid governor’s veto, Colorado Democrats drop key provision from bill banning 3-D printed guns
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A bill seeking to ban 3-D printed firearms in Colorado will no longer prohibit the sale or distribution of digital instructions for how to print guns or gun components after lawmakers dropped that provision to avoid a veto from Gov. Jared Polis.
Senate sponsors of the measure, House Bill 1144, said on Friday that they were told by Polis that he would not sign the bill without the change, which was made that day as the measure was being debated in the Senate. The bill, which later passed a preliminary vote, would still largely ban the manufacture of 3-D printed guns and gun components, such as high-capacity magazines and receivers. |
NY: Record-low shootings, 1,000-plus guns off streets so far this year
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So far this year, the NYPD has seized 1,054 guns in total, including 305 in Brooklyn, 251 in the Bronx, 240 in Manhattan, 194 in Queens and 64 on Staten Island. Of these, 52 were ghost guns, which are unserialized and untraceable firearms, Tisch said at a press conference.
In a related statistic, shooting incidents year-to-date are down 25% citywide, compared to 2024, and 40% compared to 2023, Tisch said. In the first two months of 2026, the NYPD delivered the lowest number of shooting incidents, shooting victims and murders for that time period in recorded history. |
HI: Over 300 firearms turned in during gun buyback event
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The Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement's gun buyback event held on Thursday at Aloha Stadium recovered 303 firearms of all types from Oahu residents.
Among the total firearms turned in, 17 were assault rifles, nine were ghost guns, and two were stolen guns, according to a news release.
“Today was another great step to make our community much safer,” said Governor Josh Green, whose push to protect residents from gun violence is the primary objective of the gun buyback event. |
German Precision Optics GPO CENTURI 3-18x44i Riflescope
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There’s a mistake shooters make all the time: investing in a quality rifle, then topping it with a bargain-bin optic. The result? Blaming the rifle when accuracy falls short. In reality, the glass is often the weak link.
Enter the GPO CENTURI 3-18x44i from German Precision Optics — a scope built to let your rifle perform to its full potential.
This 3-18×44 features everything you need for precision work. Locking turrets pull up to adjust and push down to secure, with a return-to-zero function for repeatability. The illuminated MOA reticle is clean and usable, while the side parallax adjustment is critical for rimfire shooters looking to eliminate focus error at varying distances. |
TN: Chattanooga senator scoffs at Tennessee guns group
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A day after killing ten bills, including a move that would let people carry guns just about anywhere, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, found himself in the crosshairs of the Tennessee Firearms Association. He shot back.
Gardenhire, a veteran Chattanooga lawmaker who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the firearms group hadn't "darkened" his door for years yet continued to bash him.
The group also hammered nearly every other Republican in the state for not repealing Tennessee's law against carrying a weapon with "intent to go armed," a situation in which carrying the gun has no designated purpose such as hunting. |
Trump DOJ Refuses to Rule Out Second Amendment Right to Nuclear Weapons
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Of the sheer number of absurdist stories you may have missed in the news recently, one is that in public court filings slamming common-sense laws to prevent gun violence, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice refused to rule out nuclear weapons from the kinds of arms it claims the average citizen may be entitled to possess under the Second Amendment.
How did we get here, where the top law enforcement lawyers in the country refuse to draw any line at weapons that can be used in lawful self-defense? And why is self-defense an important consideration in showing how laws to prevent gun violence align with the Second Amendment? |
TN: Man arrested in connection to fatal shooting at Nashville motel
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“The investigation thus far shows that Keller and Horton were staying in separate rooms at the motel when they got into an argument that became physical,” MNPD said.
“It is believed both men were armed with pistols. Horton fled the motel property after the shooting.”
Horton was arrested for the shooting Thursday at a restaurant in Madison as he exited his vehicle, MNPD said. Officers also recovered a pistol.
Horton was booked into jail on his outstanding warrants as Homicide Unit detectives investigate a potential self-defense motive in the shooting. |
FL: Florida AG, NRA argue nonviolent felons should keep Second Amendment rights
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, with support from the National Rifle Association, is arguing that nonviolent felons should not lose their Second Amendment rights.
“My duty is to protect and defend the rights of the people as enshrined in our Constitution because those rights are nonnegotiable. As Attorney General, my commitment is to the people, no matter the cost,” Uthmeier said in a post on X.
The Attorney General’s position mirrors efforts by the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, the organization’s legal and lobbying arm, which has long worked to defend Second Amendment rights through litigation and policy advocacy. |
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