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MI: ‘Tweak It Out Of Existence’: Gun Rights Group Torches Michigan Senate Hopeful Over Second Amendment Video
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A prominent firearms advocacy group is targeting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over past comments regarding the Second Amendment, arguing his stance reflects a broader shift within his party and among allied gun-control organizations.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) issued a statement pointing to a previously circulated, now-blocked video in which El-Sayed suggested altering the U.S. Constitution. In the footage, El-Sayed proposed replacing the constitutional right to keep and bear arms with a federally protected right to health care. |
NY: When a Gun Owner Shows Early Signs of Dementia
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Facing a growing population of older adults with dementia and with firearms in their homes, public health experts have worked for years to address the threat guns pose to their owners and others. At least a third of people with dementia have access to firearms, researchers estimate.
Persuading them to relinquish their weapons can be a losing battle. Owners cite protection as a key reason for having firearms, so “you’re taking away their identity as a protector, removing a part of who they are,” said Kelsey Conrick, a researcher at the Center for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Washington. |
WA: Benton County Prosecutor's Office says Prosser shooting suspect acted in self-defense
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BCSO officials said the Benton County Prosecutor’s Office was asked to review the shooting. BCSO deputies said that after additional investigation between the investigators and assigned prosecutors, the Prosecutor’s Office determined there was insufficient evidence to continue to detain Escobar, and that there was evidence to suggest Escobar had acted in self-defense.
According to the Benton County Prosecutor's Office, further investigation found Salazar had been treated at a nearby hospital for a mental health crisis earlier in the day. Salazar had been administered a sedative after acting aggressively at the hospital, investigators said. Salazar was released from the hospital and returned home about two hours before the shooting. |
Small Calibers for Self-Defense: Addressing Common Myths & Criticisms
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“Carry a .25 if it makes you feel good, but do not ever load it. If you load it, you may shoot it. If you shoot it, you may hit somebody, and if you hit somebody, and he finds out about it, he may be very angry with you." – Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper.
Why would anyone dare to disagree with the founder of Gunsite Academy, one of the most legendary firearms training institutes in the country, and the man who literally wrote the book on the Modern Technique of the Pistol?
In a word? Progress. |
Bad Decisions Don’t Automatically Make Self-Defense Unlawful
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The media and law enforcement went to extreme lengths to misunderstand and spread misinformation about the Florida “Stand Your Ground” law which in all actuality does nothing more than remove any requirement of having to retreat from a threat even if you safely could. Given that you can’t retreat from a threat that is straddled on top of you punching you in the face; the Zimmerman event had absolutely nothing to do with Stand Your Ground. It was in all respects NOT a stand your ground case despite the misrepresentation of that law by the media. In case you are wondering, about 3/4 of states in this country effectively have “stand your ground” laws.
Sorry, a little off topic there. |
Confiscation is impossible: Why the entire gun control debate misses the point
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Every few years the American gun debate circles back to the same question: is the Second Amendment an absolute right, or does it allow sweeping restrictions, up to and including taking guns away? Both sides argue as if the answer decides the matter. It doesn’t. Even if the absolutists lost every constitutional argument tomorrow, the government could not confiscate the nation’s firearms. The obstacles are cost, courts, verification and supply, and the attempt would throw away real, unmeasured benefits the country already enjoys. |
Alleged leftist militants charged with gun crime just before Trump stopped enforcement
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A policy win by conservative Second Amendment supporters complicates the Trump administration’s prosecution of three alleged anti-police extremists.
Levi Belcher, Anthony Slota, and Tadashi Erekson face federal charges of possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle after Alabama police searched their home in September. President Donald Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced last week that it would no longer enforce the law against that offense starting Oct. 9 — four days after grand jurors indicted the Alabama defendants. The Department of Justice has not explained whether the change affects criminal cases filed before Oct. 9. |
NRA Launches New Texas Senate Ad as Part of Multi-Million Dollar Campaign to Retain Pro-Gun Majorities in Congress
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The National Rifle Association today released a new 30-second ad highlighting Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico's longstanding support for banning so-called "assault weapons" and standard-capacity magazines—the firearms and accessories owned by millions of law-abiding Texans.
The ad is one component of the NRA's multi-million dollar investment to retain pro-gun majorities in Congress ahead of the November midterm elections. It is running in conjunction with the NRA's Gun Bus battleground tour and the organization's conventional get-out-the-vote operation, which includes millions of the world-famous NRA Orange Cards, targeted text messages, and door-knocking efforts across Texas and other battleground states. |
OR: Oregon School Shooting District Had Banned Staff From Carrying Guns
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The Oregon school district where a teenage gunman was shot dead after killing four people had banned guns from its premises, authorities said.
A 16-year-old local resident, armed with a long gun, shot through locked doors to enter Silver Rail Elementary in Bend on Thursday. Three children and a teacher died and a 7-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were transported to hospital with critical injuries, said Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz at a news conference Thursday evening. |
Discontinued: Ruger Confirms End of Line for Some Classic Models
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Ruger officials confirmed industry chatter this week that it would immediately stop producing four models, while it will halt production of several others at the end of the year.
On Tuesday, the company announced changes to several current-generation product families as part of its ongoing Ruger 2030 strategy.
"These decisions reflect our review of consumer demand, evolving market preferences, manufacturing complexity and the long-term profitability of each product family," Abbey Clary, Ruger's director of media, advertising and public relations, told Guns.com in an email. |
LA: Shooter acquitted in Bourbon Street gun battle that killed Chicago mom
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A New Orleans jury acquitted a Texas man Thursday in the killing a Chicago woman who was caught last year in a shootout on Bourbon Street.
A jury deliberated about 90 minutes before finding that Dontrell Bradley, 20, was justified when he fired an errant bullet that struck and killed Jessica Williams early on Sept. 28, 2025 in the 200 block of Bourbon.
Bradley had just been shot repeatedly. With the verdict, jurors agreed he acted in self-defense when he took aim at his attacker, Mekhi Jarius Andry.
“He was acting in self-defense, point blank period,” Bradley’s attorney, Devin Jones, told jurors Thursday during his closing argument. |
CDC Corrects Defensive Gun Use Data, Raising Estimates to 500,000–2.5 Million Annually
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has corrected its published estimates of defensive gun use, raising the lower end of its cited range from 60,000 to 500,000 incidents annually.
The September 28 update follows the agency’s restoration of defensive gun use research that had been removed from its website in 2022.
According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, the correction addresses a longstanding problem with how the CDC presented competing estimates of Americans using firearms for self-defense.
The change is significant because federal firearm statistics frequently influence public debate over gun ownership, self-defense, and Second Amendment policy. |
Getting the Second Amendment right
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Step one: Decide whether “the Second Amendment’s plain text covers an individual’s conduct.” If so, courts should move on to step two: Decide whether the regulation of that conduct “is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”
The court’s most recent Second Amendment decision, Wolford v. Lopez, clarifies that step one is a narrow textual inquiry. Courts should ask who is claiming the right, whether weapons are involved, and whether the law restricts keeping and bearing such weapons. Then they should move to step two.
This post looks more closely at what is at stake and how Wolford's clarification is (and is not) reshaping lower court decisions. |
Burlison calls ATF rollback biggest Second Amendment victory in over 80 years
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Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison gave Newstalk KZRG details of his behind-the-scenes efforts to eliminate federal firearm registration requirements.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will no longer enforce federal registration and advance approval requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns under the National Firearms Act.
"This is probably the biggest win for the 2A community in over 80 years or maybe even more," Burlison said. |
AK: Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills Urges Legislature to Act After Court Decision on Firearms
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“The Second Amendment, and the right to bear arms, must be protected,” said Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills. “The court made the right decision, and we appreciate the court recognizing federal overreach into our Second Amendment rights. While a win for the Second Amendment, the court case and the ATF’s guidance adds a level of confusion for many Alaskans who want access to these firearms but don’t see the legal way forward in ownership under existing law. The proper place for this to be resolved is in the State Legislature and I’m asking the next legislature to look at this issue, and the Department of Law stands ready to assist.” |
Why Hunters and Gun Owners Must Vote This Election
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With the November 3 election fast approaching, you can’t escape the political ads. TV, radio, online — the ads are everywhere and yes, they’re annoying.
That said, you shouldn’t throw up your hands in disgust and say, “That’s it. I ain’t voting.”
If you care about preserving our outdoor traditions, protecting our Second Amendment rights, and ensuring future generations have the same opportunities, voting is mandatory. Period. |
How 1 Gun Magazine Could Upend How Judges Sentence Criminals
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Beaird had been sentenced to six-years in prison after he was found with an unloaded Glock 17 pistol. Due to the commentary, the judge increased the sentence since any magazine holding more than 15 rounds was defined as a “large capacity magazine.”
“Why would Congress bother to require detailed notice, public comment, 180 days of congressional review, and the approval of four voting commissioners every time the Commission amends a guideline if the Commission could simply bind the courts to a new interpretation of the guideline without going through all of this simply by amending the commentary?” Page asked. |
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