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MI: Michigan's red flag gun law sees both fierce scrutiny and support as lawmakers push to repeal it
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Michigan Republican lawmakers are currently pushing to overturn a law that allows judges to temporarily order the removal of guns from people deemed a danger to themselves or others.
The extreme risk protection order (ERPO) Act, also known as the red flag law, went into effect in February 2024, shortly after a shooting at Michigan State University that killed four students. It was part of a package of bills that also included expanded background checks and safe storage guidelines when children are present.
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Derya Partners with Armed Women of America
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Derya, a leading American firearm manufacturer specializing in innovative and reliable pistols, rifles, and shotguns, today announced a new sponsorship agreement with Armed Women of America (AWA), a national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women through firearms education and self-defense training. This partnership underscores Derya's commitment to supporting women's roles in personal protection, recreational shooting, and upholding the Second Amendment. |
MI: Man acquitted of murder in Grand Rapids birthday party shooting
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A 39-year-old man was acquitted of all charges in connection with the shooting death of another man at a birthday party.
Jurors deliberated for about an hour and a half on Wednesday, Dec. 17, before finding Ronald Armour Jr. not guilty of second-degree murder and felony firearm.
Armour was accused of killing Jeremy Parnell on June 29, 2024, on Grand Rapids’ southeast side. Parnell, 35, was fatally shot near Ardmore Street SE and Thelma Avenue. |
LA: Louisiana Man Shot After Jumping Into Delivery Truck, Ruled Self-Defense
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Alexandria police say a confrontation on Marthas Drive ended when a delivery driver used his firearm to protect himself, and investigators believe it may be part of a larger story that began more than a month earlier.
According to the Alexandria Police Department, officers were called around 4:20 in the afternoon on December 15 to the 5900 block of Marthas Drive. When they arrived, they found thirty one year old Avery Lewis suffering from a gunshot wound. Detectives say Lewis had jumped into a parked delivery truck in a threatening way, causing the driver, identified as Robin Volson, to fear for his safety. Volson fired his firearm during the confrontation and then called the police to report what happened. |
NRA Foundation Affirms the Importance of Second Amendment Philanthropy
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As the year draws to a close and philanthropic giving reaches its peak, The NRA Foundation is reaffirming what has always set it apart: a steadfast commitment to independent, mission-driven philanthropy that directly supports America’s shooting sports traditions, firearm safety, and responsible gun ownership.
At this time of generous giving, donors deserve the confidence that their contributions will be stewarded with integrity and used precisely as they intend. The NRA Foundation’s independence ensures that every dollar entrusted to its mission strengthens communities, advances safety, and protects the rights that safeguard our freedoms. |
CA: Jury Clears LAPD Officer Of Negligence In Fatal 2018 Shooting
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In April 2019, the District Attorney's Office released a report which concluded that Artiaga shot Escobedo in self-defense about 6:30 a.m. Jan. 14, 2018. A pistol was found near Escobedo's left knee, according to the report, which said he suffered five gunshot wounds, including one to the head and another to the right upper chest.
In a sworn declaration, Artiaga elaborated on his self-protection claim. |
VA: GOP Chooses Candidate For Jan. 13 Special Election
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Adam Wise, a firearms instructor at Guns-n-Gear LLC, as well a self-employed Krav Maga self-defense instructor, is the Republican Party's candidate the Virginia House of Delegates race in the 11th District.
Wise will be on the Jan. 13 special election ballot, facing Democrat Gretchen M. Bulova, who won Tuesday's Democratic Firehouse Primary.
The 11th District seat became vacant when Bulova's husband, Del. David Bulova (D-11th), stepped down to become Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger's nominee as Virginia's next secretary of natural and historic resources. |
USVI: US government sues US Virgin Islands and accuses officials of violating the Second Amendment
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A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The U.S. government sued the U.S. territory, its police department and Police Commissioner Mario Brooks on Tuesday, accusing them of obstructing and systematically denying American citizens the right to possess and carry guns.
The U.S. Virgin Islands requires that applicants demonstrate “good reason to fear death or great injury to his person or property,” and to have “two credible persons” to vouch for their need of a firearm. Local law also requires that someone have “good moral character” to obtain a gun permit, which is valid for up to three years and applies to a single weapon. |
SAF Files Amicus Challenging Lifetime Firearm Ban
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an amicus brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a case challenging the federal lifetime ban on firearm possession as applied to an individual with a decades-old misdemeanor DUI conviction.
The case, Williams v. Attorney General of the United States, will be argued before an en banc panel in February. SAF is joined in the amicus filing by the California Rifle & Pistol Association, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Law Center. |
USVI: DOJ Challenges Virgin Islands’ Firearm Restrictions in Landmark Lawsuit
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On December 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a major lawsuit in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. John Division, against the Government of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), and Police Commissioner Mario Brooks. The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing. The complaint, spanning 12 pages, seeks declaratory and equitable relief under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to restore these fundamental human rights. |
Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division
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Harmeet Kaur Dhillon was born in September 1969 in Chandigarh, India. She graduated from Dartmouth College, and then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. She clerked at the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Dhillon worked as an associate at several law firms until she became a partner in Dhillon Law Group. She litigated cases regarding rights under the Constitution, including free speech and several civil rights violation cases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dhillon served as a legal advisor during President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in 2020. She ran unsuccessfully for the California Assembly and the California Senate. |
A Christmas Story & Groundhog Day
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In 1983, one of the most endearing Christmas movies came out called “A Christmas Story.” It captures the wants and desires of a young 9-year-old lusting over a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. His trial and tribulations along the way strikes a chord for millions of men who know exactly how it felt at that age, and even today, lusting after guns.
During the climactic scene, when young Ralphie thinks Santa skips out on the BB gun, his father sheepishly says, “Say, what’s that over there, behind the desk?” Could it be? Ralphie slowly approaches the desk and picks up a long, slender box, the right size for what he really wants for Christmas. Slowly unwrapping the box, he sees the Red Ryder marking on the box and grins authentically... |
A lethal article of faith
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Other countries have responded to such tragedies with gun restrictions, too. Yet the United States has tended to loosen gun laws after mass shootings. Veteran journalist William Kole sets out to understand this paradox in his new book, In Guns We Trust. He argues that the source of America’s gun violence is a lack of meaningful laws regulating guns, owing overwhelmingly to the way White evangelicals have turned the Second Amendment into an article of faith.
Kole contrasts this attitude with the views of evangelicals in other countries, many of whom reject the very concept of owning weapons created to take the life of another. He also examines how progressive American Christians approach the Second Amendment, gun violence, and gun laws. |
The Trump Judge Who Tried to Rewrite the Bill of Rights
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The case at hand, United States v. Escobar-Temal, involves a Guatemalan man who illegally crossed the U.S. border some time before 2012. According to court documents, he has lived in the Nashville area for the past thirteen years, where he married a woman and had two children with her. Police searched his home in 2022 after his wife alleged that he had abused their daughter and found three guns that Escobar-Temal owned.
Federal law makes it a felony offense for people unlawfully present inside the United States to possess a firearm, and federal prosecutors charged him accordingly. Escobar-Temal then challenged the constitutionality of his indictment, claiming that provision in question violates the Second Amendment. |
TX: Angleton ISD uses AI technology to spot guns and alert police in seconds
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When it comes to school safety, every second matters, especially since gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and teens.
What if a camera could spot a gun before any shots are fired? That’s exactly what ZeroEyes does. This artificial intelligence software scans school security cameras for visible weapons and alerts police within seconds if it detects a real threat.
It’s cutting-edge technology that gives parents like Dana Ernst peace of mind about sending her children to Angleton ISD.
“As a parent, that is such a weight off of our shoulders,” Ernst said. |
Thousands of guns are found at crime scenes. What do they tell us?
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The number of 3D-printed guns recovered at crime scenes has increased dramatically in recent years, according to a report released Wednesday by the gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety.
The report analyzed data, obtained from local police departments, on the characteristics of nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes in more than 50 U.S. cities from 2020 to 2024, including where the weapons came from and how those origins have changed over time.
"The public deserves to know this, policymakers deserve to know this, activists deserve to know this, and people in communities that are harmed by gun violence deserve to know this information," said David Pucino, legal director at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence... |
MI: Michigan Republicans push ‘red flag’ gun law repeal: ‘We do not need this’
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House Republicans on Wednesday launched a push to repeal Michigan’s so-called red flag law, which allows authorities to temporarily remove guns from people at risk of hurting themselves or others, arguing the process violates due process rights.
“We do not need this,” argued state Rep. Jim DeSana, R-Carleton, who sponsored legislation that would undo the two-year-old statute. His plan is backed by 25 fellow House Republicans.
The legislation stands little chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate, but GOP lawmakers are hoping to revisit the gun confiscation law should they win full control of state government in next year’s election. |
SK Guns 2025 Gun Of The Year: Jesús Malverde
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This is the gun of the year, at least if SK Guns gets to decide. This limited run of 300 Colt 1911 pistols chambered in .38 Super, each themed around Jesús Malverde, a well-known folk figure from the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The series continues SK Guns’ approach of producing limited-edition, series-driven firearms with distinctive historical or cultural motifs. |
AZ: Arizona lawmaker wants murder weapons destroyed; widow says plan may fall short
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An Arizona state senator is proposing to amend a 2013 law that currently bars law enforcement agencies from destroying guns used in felonies and requires those firearms to be sold to licensed dealers.
Sen. John Kavanagh said he initially sponsored the 2013 measure but now regrets the provision that can leave murder weapons in circulation.
“I was concerned that the gun used to kill her husband, murdered in the line of duty by a criminal, was going to be resold,” Kavanagh said. |
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