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Within hours of the tragic shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on October 15th, the familiar political script was dusted off. Gun control organizations were immediately mobilized to demand fresh restrictions on firearm access, expanded waiting periods, and outright bans. Yet no policy proposed by gun control advocates would have changed the outcome, save for the one that left every student and teacher on campus defenseless.
The perpetrator ... bypassed Oregon’s battery of strict gun control measures, including universal background checks, red-flag laws, and safe-storage mandates, before shooting through the school’s locked glass doors. |
TX: Man arrives uninvited at East Side home, gets shot after fight breaks out, SAPD says
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According to a San Antonio Police Department preliminary report, the man arrived at a home uninvited and wanted to fight the people there. A fight broke out between them.
The man fled but later returned and allegedly attempted to run over the two people at the home with his vehicle, the report states.
One of the people at the residence, a 21-year-old man, was armed with a handgun and fired multiple rounds at the vehicle, according to SAPD. |
MN: Albert Lea man charged after hotel stabbing; prosecutor says other man acted in self-defense
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No charges will be filed against the man initially taken into custody following a stabbing Thursday at an Albert Lea hotel.
Freeborn County Attorney David Walker said authorities concluded based on evidence, including statements of witnesses, that Wyatt Harley Dahle acted in self-defense during an altercation with Roberto Cecilio Aleman, 31, at Albert Lea Inn and Suites.
Charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault have instead been filed against Aleman, of Albert Lea. Aleman remains hospitalized in Rochester, where he was taken for life-threatening injuries. His condition as of Monday was unknown. |
GA: Convicted Felon Disarms Robber, Shoots Two Attackers in Self-Defense
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Four armed robbers followed a man back to his home in Buford, Georgia, after he’d spent a night out in Atlanta. They planned to rob him. Instead, one of them ended up dead, killed with his own gun.
According to testimony from Gwinnett County Police Corporal J.K. Bell at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday, four people trailed an apparent stranger back to Buford on Sept. 5 to rob him. Bell testified the intended victim wrestled a silver revolver away from one of the robbers, Marvin Wiley, 23, of Atlanta, and killed Wiley with it. He also shot a second robber. |
TN: Man dies after shooting near Nashville Hookah Lounge, self-defense claim under review
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Around 5:20 a.m. in the 400 block of Bell Road, police say a 31-year-old man admitted to shooting Davila after encountering him earlier inside a Hookah Lounge, where Davila reportedly asked to buy cocaine. The 31-year-old told detectives he does not use drugs and left the lounge.
Police say the 31-year-old claimed Davila tried to rob him in the parking lot with a gun after the initial interaction. The 31-year-old then shot him, drove away because he was worried about his safety and was stopped by officers a few minutes later down the road. He told police he was heading back to the scene to meet with them when stopped. |
VA: CPD believes Taco Bell shooting was a case of self defense
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Sunday morning’s shooting at the 5th St. Taco Bell is being investigated as a self-defense incident, Charlottesville Chief of Police Michael Kochis said Tuesday.
The shooter remained on the scene and cooperated with police after the incident, which occurred around 9 a.m.
“Two individuals who knew each other had some of type a dispute,” Kochis said. “They engaged with each other at the Taco Bell. One person pulled out a weapon. Another person pulled out their own weapon, which was a firearm, and shot the person in the shoulder. Thankfully it was non-life-threatening injuries. We’re working with the commonwealth attorney now to determine appropriate charges. But on its face, preliminarily, it does look like self-defense.” |
CA: San Marcos studio combines firearms, self-defense training
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As Andre Wolfe, an instructor at the San Marcos franchise, which opened earlier this year, pointed out, a person might rely on a firearm for protection and have an opponent disarm them or the gun malfunction.
“Now what?”
By combining firearms training with martial arts, participants can better protect themselves and their loved ones in a wider range of situations, franchise co-owner and general manager Sonya Hatch explained.
The firearms training — which includes no actual firearms, but instead uses laser simulators and air guns — focuses not only on marksmanship but also on how to move in different spaces to maximize personal safety. |
The ‘weapon of war’ argument has backfired on AR-15 bans
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The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in December in Viramontes v. Cook County, a challenge to state and local bans on AR-15 semiautomatic rifles. The challengers say the rifles are “in common use” for lawful purposes such as self-defense. The state governments defending their gun-bans say they are weapons better suited to war than to civilian life.
Neither side recognizes that the Second Amendment’s reference to the “militia” counts in favor of protecting AR-15s either way. |
Fourth Circuit considers Second Amendment argument from man arrested near CIA headquarters
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Richardson, however, said the details provided in the Hemani case raises questions about whether that situation was similar to Scofield’s.
“The court is not looking at a generic description. They’re actually saying he smokes marijuana. He smokes it a couple times a week,” the judge said. “They’re sort of looking at the specific conduct of Hemani, which seems to suggest we have to look at the specific conduct here. The specific conduct here is he’s in a parking lot and he’s firing his gun. It doesn’t hit anybody, thankfully, but that doesn’t feel like a sort of happy-go-lucky story."
“When we start looking at his particular conduct, I don’t know, seems like you got a difficult story," the judge added. |
SC: Andrews, Graham share policy visions during Greenville stops
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She added that it worries her as a pediatrician that gun violence is the leading cause of death in the U.S. She believes universal background checks will chip away at the problem.
"The vast majority of South Carolinians agree that we should have universal background checks, background checks that just take a few minutes at the point of sale and can help chip away at the problem of guns falling into the wrong hands," Andrews said.
Andrews added that she has worked on programs to educate families on safe gun storage in the home. |
NV: Boulder City Man Who Claimed Self-Defense in 2021 Fatal Shooting Arrested on Open Murder Charge Five Years Later
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Boulder City police detectives arrested John Powell Morgan III on Saturday on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon. The charge stems from the May 31, 2021, shooting death of 40-year-old Scott Dingman. Morgan avoided charges after the shooting by telling investigators he acted in self-defense.
Detectives took Morgan into custody at a car dealership in Henderson, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas reported that a warrant was issued for his arrest and that he is being held without bail. Both reports were compiled by Soap Opera Spy. KTNV also reported that Morgan was expected to make his initial appearance in Boulder City Justice Court at 9 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 26. |
FL: Man Who Can’t Let Argument Go Ends Up With Fatal Gunshot Wound; Sheriff Rules It Self-Defense
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The Brevard County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office said Thursday a man who was fatally shot outside a restaurant had attacked the person who shot him.
In a statement, BCSO said the shooting took place early Thursday at a Cocoa Beach restaurant. Sheriff’s deputies responded to Graham’s Beach Grill at 2:18 a.m., where they found 33-year-old Walter Butler of Rockledge suffering from “life-threatening” wounds. (RELATED: Bizarre Shovel Attack Over Porch-Peeing Dispute Ends With Gunshot)
“Butler and another male had a verbal exchange in reference to a previous disagreement,” the sheriff’s office said. |
Trump’s CDC Resurrects 'Buried' Data on Armed Self-Defense
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Gun control advocates have a bad habit of attempting to rewrite history. Few of their revisionist efforts, however, have been as brazen as their campaign to strong-arm the Biden administration into scrubbing the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of accurate but inconvenient data on defensive gun uses. Now, as the Trump administration restores the agency’s longstanding acknowledgement of basic defensive gun use data, gun control advocates have audaciously declared it a “politically motivated” move to “inflate” defensive gun use numbers.
It’s hilariously bad faith framing, even for them. |
NC: Armed Woman Shoots Intruder Who Kicked Down Airbnb Door at 3 A.M. in North Carolina
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A North Carolina woman refused to become a helpless victim when a man allegedly kicked down the door of her Airbnb rental in the middle of the night. Instead, she exercised her right to armed self-defense, shooting the intruder as he entered the occupied home.
The October 13 defensive shooting in West Jefferson left the suspected intruder hospitalized and later facing felony burglary and assault charges. Now, Ashe County Sheriff B. Phil Howell is publicly standing behind the right of Americans to defend themselves and their families. |
The Second Amendment is on the ballot in Texas and Michigan
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The rapidly approaching midterm elections are a sobering reminder that the constitutional right to keep and bear arms cannot be taken for granted. Today, its future depends entirely on the willingness of Second Amendment supporters to participate in its defense.
Voters in states like Texas and Michigan will bear a heavy share of that duty this November. |
Volquartsen Renews Corporate Partner Commitment, Upgrades to Gold Level
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce that Volquartsen Firearms has renewed their corporate partner commitment and upgraded to the Gold level.
"As a second-generation, family-owned firearms business, we are passionate about protecting Second Amendment rights," said Volquartsen Firearms President Scott Volquartsen. "We're proud to partner with the Second Amendment Foundation and support their relentless work to defend those rights at the local, state and federal levels." |
Supreme Court Brief Supporting Connecticut’s Semi-Auto Ban Argues Part Of Second Amendment Is ‘Extinct’
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The first brief supporting Connecticut’s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was filed at the Supreme Court Monday, arguing that part of the Second Amendment was “extinct.”
In briefs filed Wednesday, Connecticut and Cook County cited prohibitions on obscure weapons like launcegays and slungshots while arguing the justices should allow their bans on so-called “assault weapons” to remain legal. Attorney David Alan Robinson, a specialist in employment law who lives in Connecticut, instead argued in the brief that the abolition of the draft ended the militia and made that part of the Second Amendment “extinct.” |
Bringing a Knife to a Gun Fight: 5th Circuit Declares Switchblades Are ‘Arms’ Protected
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While a federal trial court initially dismissed the challenge, the 5th Circuit reversed it and made clear, applying New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen’s two-step analysis, that “switchblade knives qualify as ‘Arms’ and are covered by the ‘plain text’ of the Second Amendment.” It also made clear that the government, in defending the act, failed to meet its burden of showing that its restrictions comport “with well-established principles of the Second Amendment and its regulatory tradition.” |
FL: Former Florida Prosecutor Wants Stand Your Ground Style Immunity for Gun Owners Arrested in Gun-Free Zones Without Intent
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In an article published by the Second Amendment Foundation, Lisa Chittaro calls for a “Second Amendment immunity defense” built on the Stand Your Ground model, only broader.
“We need a Second Amendment immunity defense for anything involving the lawful possession of a firearm,” Chittaro said, according to SAF. “It should mirror Stand Your Ground statutes, but it needs to be broader. It should allow defense attorneys to ask the court to find immunity under the protections of the Second Amendment quickly and efficiently and if they don’t, it should provide a quick route to the appellate level without having to go through the entire court process, which can take years.” |
War Department Recognizes Revolutionary War Gunsmiths, Highlighting America’s Tradition of Building Firearms
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As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Department of War is recognizing the gunsmiths who helped secure the nation’s independence. These craftsmen did more than repair broken muskets. They manufactured firearms from raw materials, developed new weapons, and kept American forces armed throughout the Revolutionary War.
In a historical feature published May 29, 2026, the Department of War acknowledged the essential contributions of private gunsmiths who supplied the Continental Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and colonial militias with firearms. |
DE: Delaware Admits Glock Doesn’t Make Illegal Switches — But Sues Them Anyway
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Delaware sued Glock Thursday claiming the company failed to take measures to prevent criminals from illegally adding a component that enable the company’s guns to fire in fully-automatic, but conceded the company didn’t make illegal switches.
Several states have targeted the company’s popular semiautomatic pistols, either trying to prohibit future sales of the handgun or suing the company, claiming that it is too easy to convert the ubiquitous guns into fully-automatic firearms. |
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