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OH: Why I donate to BFA‑PAC
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I donate to Buckeye Firearms Association’s Political Action Committee (BFA‑PAC) because it plays a crucial role in protecting Second Amendment rights in Ohio and advancing a pro‑gun agenda year after year. BFA‑PAC fills a unique need that makes Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) far more effective.
BFA is a nonprofit advocacy organization that works on gun owners' behalf at the Statehouse, educating and lobbying our state representatives, senators, and the governor about priorities. BFA is the respected gun‑rights voice in Ohio and has been the tip of the spear for every pro‑gun law passed in our state. |
AL: MPD: Homeowner shoots and kills man who broke in through window
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The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office is now reviewing a possible self-defense case after Mobile police say a homeowner in west Mobile shot and killed an intruder.
All of this happened the night of Sept. 7 after 9. MPD officers and homicide detectives were gathering evidence inside a home on Calgary Drive after responding to multiple shots fired.
Investigators say 37-year-old David Lee Jr. broke into the home through a window. That’s when police say the homeowner shot and killed him.
One street over, several police cruisers sat in a business parking lot. When FOX10 News asked why officers were there, we were told to go to the scene on Calgary Drive for information. MPD has not said why officers were staged here. |
DE: Delaware Supreme Court upholds gun restrictions for 18-20-year-olds
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The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a state law restricting some firearm access for adults under the age of 21, reversing a lower court ruling that found parts of the law unconstitutional.
In an opinion issued Tuesday, Sept. 8, the state’s highest court ruled that House Bill 451 does not violate the Delaware Constitution by infringing on the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense, defense of family and home, and hunting and recreational use.
House Bill 451 was passed by the Delaware General Assembly and signed into law by then-Governor John Carney in 2022. The law generally prohibits people under 21 from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling certain firearms and ammunition. |
MO: Wheelchair-bound man is evicted from his apartment for shooting at robber
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A St. Louis resident who uses a wheelchair faces immediate eviction following a lobby shooting that police classified as an act of self-defense against an armed intruder.
Recently, Torrey Holliday received notice that he was being kicked out of public housing in St. Louis after shooting at the would-be robber.
The St. Louis Housing Authority terminated the lease under its Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy, which permits the agency to end the agreement for conduct threatening resident or staff safety. While police and prosecutors treat Torrey Holliday as a robbery victim, who acted in self-defense, housing management cited front lobby surveillance footage showing him firing his gun and putting others at risk. |
Colombia: Colombia Makes Gun Permits Matter Again Without Giving Criminals a Free Pass
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President Abelardo de la Espriella announced the change September 8, 2026, with implementation expected September 9. Qualifying carry permits regain effect; expired or revoked authorizations do not. Judicial prohibitions remain. This is regulated carry, not unrestricted access.
“What ends is the general suspension that made prohibition the rule,” he said in a video reported by EFE. That is the decision’s strongest justification: restore the distinction between someone the authorities have approved and someone evading them.
The national suspension began under Juan Manuel Santos in December 2015. |
CO: Black man who killed in self-defense fights to make wrongful prosecution claims stick
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A Black man who shot and killed the two white men who attacked him on an I-25 exit ramp in Denver told a federal judge Wednesday that responding officers’ initial report led prosecutors to wrongfully pursue double murder charges against him for more than a year.
“There is no question that without self-defense, your client shot and killed people, so there’s probable cause,” said Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico. “But at some point in the investigation it becomes clear there is no probable cause.” |
A SCOTUS Petition Argues That the Second Amendment Requires Carry-Permit Reciprocity
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Four years ago in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Supreme Court said the Second Amendment precludes states from requiring that people demonstrate a "special need" before they are allowed to carry handguns in public for self-defense. But it added that "nothing in our analysis should be interpreted to suggest the unconstitutionality" of licensing regimes "designed to ensure only that those bearing arms in the jurisdiction are, in fact, 'law-abiding, responsible citizens.'"
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Supreme Court Asked To Decide If States Must Recognize Out-Of-State Gun Permits
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A national legal organization has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step into a dispute over whether Minnesota can require nonresident gun owners to get a local permit before carrying a firearm in the state.
The Liberty Justice Center filed the petition on behalf of Jeffrey Johnson, a full-time, long-haul truck driver who holds valid carry permits from Georgia and Florida. Under Minnesota law, anyone carrying a firearm in public or inside a vehicle must hold a permit recognized by the state. Minnesota publishes a list of states whose permits it accepts, but Georgia and Florida are not on it. |
U.S. bishops urge Supreme Court to allow communities to regulate firearms under Second Amendment
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In their amicus brief regarding the legal dispute, the U.S. bishops urge the court to “[preserve] the traditional authority of political communities to regulate weapons.”
The “autonomy of local authority” is a significant part of “America’s historical tradition of federalism,” the bishops write, comparing it to the long-standing Catholic principle of subsidiarity, which holds that the authority closest to a local need is best suited to tackle the issue.
The principle of federalism does not allow for the wholesale redefinition of the Second Amendment, the bishops write. But, they argue, a “uniform constitutional standard need not require uniform firearm policy.” |
MO: Hanaway sues ATF to defend the Second Amendment and stop unlawful federal overreach
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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, joined by plaintiff Dave Marshak, has sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to stop federal registration requirements that restrain law-abiding Missourians who want to own suppressors and short‑barreled rifles.
“Law and order and the Second Amendment go hand in hand. A government that respects the Constitution has empowered, law‑abiding citizens who can protect themselves and their families. It does not paper over rights with red tape,” said General Hanaway. “The ATF’s heavy-handed restrictions on suppressors threaten lawful firearm use and undermine the rights protected by the Second Amendment.” |
SC: Judge dismisses murder charges against Marion County woman in husband's death
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A Marion County woman accused of shooting and killing her husband will not stand trial after a judge granted her immunity under South Carolina's Stand Your Ground law and dismissed the charges against her.
Connie Denise Bethea had been charged with murder in the June 2023 shooting death of her husband, Antonio Bethea.
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge William Seals ruled in July that Connie Bethea acted in self-defense and met the legal requirements for immunity. The decision ends the criminal case against her without a jury trial. |
Colombia: Colombia lifts public gun carry ban, cites self-defense
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A 19-year-old man who fatally wounded a gunman received two years of probation from a Michigan judge who accused him of using “poor judgment.”
Martinez Long, 19, was with Cania Cain at the Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn, Michigan, on July 3 when Cameron Watkins and Keonte Seaborn produced weapons during an altercation, with Watkins fatally shooting Seaborn, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
Long, while he was found to have acted in self-defense, was still charged with carrying a concealed firearm, The Detroit News |
Liberty Justice Center Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Protect the Rights of Firearm License Holders to Carry their Firearms Across the Nation
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In Johnson v. Jacobson, the Liberty Justice Center represents a long-haul trucker with two state-issued firearm licenses who has been prohibited from exercising his Second Amendment rights in Minnesota. LJC filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the decision from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that Minnesota may force all nonresidents, even those who hold valid permits issued by other states, to obtain a Minnesota firearms permit before carrying a firearm there.
The case was brought on behalf of Jeffrey Johnson, a full-time, long-haul truck driver who holds firearm carry licenses issued by Georgia and Florida. |
Oklahoma pastor targeted by ATF thrilled by President Trump’s pardon
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The Sunday after he decided to accept a federal plea offer, in which he agreed to plead guilty to one count of selling ammunition to a prohibited person, Pastor Russell Fincher submitted his resignation to the board of his small Oklahoma church, but the board refused to accept his resignation.
“You didn’t change,” he recalls one board member told him. “The government changed.”
Pastor Fincher has continued to preach the gospel to his small flock ever since.
“They kept me going,” Fincher said Tuesday. “God told me the whole time: ‘You trust me.’” |
GOA Launches Corporate Membership Program for Pro-Second Amendment Businesses
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Gun Owners of America (GOA) today announced the launch of its new Corporate Membership program, giving businesses a direct and formal way to join GOA's fight to defend and restore the Second Amendment.
The program comes following GOA's historic victory against key National Firearms Act registration requirements, which underscored the importance of membership when courts limit legal relief to named plaintiffs, members, or customers. Corporate Membership establishes an annual dues-based relationship between GOA and the participating business entity, providing greater certainty when a GOA legal victory or injunction extends relief specifically to "GOA Members." |
Ex-DOJ Official Ed Martin Launches Gun Rights Group to Boost Midterm Turnout
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Former U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is launching a new gun rights group aimed at restoring firearm access to Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes, an initiative that seeks to boost conservative turnout in this fall's midterm elections.
Martin, who left the Justice Department last week, said the group, Firearm Rights for Americans, was an idea encouraged by President Donald Trump during their final Oval Office meeting.
Trump told Martin he wanted to make sure his administration received "credit" for expanding gun access, Martin added. |
Urging SCOTUS To Reject AR-15 Bans, the Trump Administration Explains Why They Are Unconstitutional
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"A firearms restriction comports with the Second Amendment only if it is 'consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation,'" Sauer writes, citing the test established by the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. "And this country's regulatory tradition precludes banning arms that are 'in common use' among law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. That common-use test has deep historical roots in English and American law. This Court has already adopted that test and has repeatedly applied it to evaluate the validity of arms bans." |
Justice Department creates a new pathway to restore gun rights for some convicted of felonies
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The Justice Department finalized a rule recently that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated.
The process launched by newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is a victory for Second Amendment advocates who have long pushed for nonviolent people with felony convictions to be given a pathway to regain their legal right to own firearms.
“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and the federal government should not permanently deprive Americans of a constitutional right without regard to whether they pose a danger to public safety,” Blanche said in a statement. |
NJ: SAF Files Amicus Brief Challenging Subjective Firearm Permit Denial
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed an amicus brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court in the Matter of the Gun Permit Appeal of A.A.R, supporting petitioner A.A.R.’s request for review of the denial of his Firearms Purchaser Identification Card (FPIC).
The brief challenges N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3(c)(5), which allows New Jersey licensing officials to deny the identification card necessary to own firearms in New Jersey if they conclude that issuance “would not be in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare because the person is found to be lacking the essential character of temperament necessary to be entrusted with a firearm.” |
GrabAGun Renews SAF Corporate Partnership, Upgrades to Platinum Level
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that GrabAGun – a digitally native eCommerce retailer of firearms, ammunition, related accessories and other outdoor enthusiast products – has renewed their corporate partner commitment and upgraded to the Platinum level.
"SAF doesn't just show up when there's a case to win – they're in this fight every single day, in court and out," said GrabAGun CEO Marc Nemati. "That consistency is exactly why it's worth backing. GrabAGun is proud to be a Platinum sponsor of SAF, because every right they defend is one our customers get to keep." |
Knife Rights 2A Amicus Curiae Brief to Supreme Court Supports Knife Ban Litigation
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While the number of firearms is easily determined due to how they are regulated, that is not true of virtually every other "arm," including knives. The numbers of knives, impact weapons, stun-weapons and self-defense sprays, for example, are not authoritatively tracked in the same way as firearms. There is concern that SCOTUS could take a very limited view of the commonality test; one that relies strictly on hard numbers or which sets a very high limit to meet, because that is what they are presented with in these cases with millions of AR-15 rifles possessed. |
Pro-gun groups warn Supreme Court that ‘assault weapons’ bans revert rights to the 19th century
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A coalition of pro-gun groups claims that state “assault weapons” bans try to keep Second Amendment rights stuck in the 19th century, submitting filings ahead of the Supreme Court’s December oral arguments weighing the legality of a pair of these sweeping bans.
The consolidated cases in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins will deal with whether assault weapons bans, which typically outlaw the purchase of AR-15 and similar semiautomatic rifles, are constitutional under the Second and 14th amendments. The two cases are over laws in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut, but are similar to laws in various other states that will be affected by the high court’s eventual ruling. |
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