Gun Rights
Police in Australia seize guns from dozens of owners who hold views rejecting government authority
Police in Western Australia have seized guns and revoked or suspended firearms permits from dozens of owners linked to what investigators describe as sovereign citizen ideologies, or views that reject government authority.
Supreme Court will consider overturning Hawaii’s strict ban on guns on private property
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down a strict regulation on where people can carry firearms in Hawaii.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Hawaii’s concealed carry ban
The Supreme Court announced Friday it would hear a major gun rights case out of Hawaii during its 2025-26 term, which begins next week.
Judge rules USPS ban on guns is unconstitutional
The U.S. Postal Service policy banning people from bringing firearms into post offices violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday.
Justice Dept. files groundbreaking lawsuit accusing Los Angeles of blocking concealed-carry permits
The Trump Justice Department announced a groundbreaking lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department of intentionally slow-walking applications for concealed-carry weapons permits, saying thousands of residents are being denied their Second Amendment rights.
Second migrant dies of wounds from shooting attack at Dallas ICE facility
A second migrant who was shot in last week's attack on ICE's office in Dallas has died, leaving behind a pregnant wife.
Team of prominent defense lawyers steps in to defend accused Kirk assassin
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man charged with assassinating conservative star Charlie Kirk, did not appear in person for a status hearing in his case on Monday, but three high-profile defense lawyers were in the courtroom on his behalf.
Michigan police ID shooter who killed 4, wounded 8 after opening fire at Mormon church
Four people were killed and eight others wounded Sunday after police in Michigan said a gunman rammed his car into a Mormon church and began opening fire at congregants.
Minnesota’s political divide stalls gun control efforts after deadly church shooting
As Minnesota mourned a mass shooting at a church that left two schoolchildren dead and 21 people injured, Gov. Tim Walz promised to call a special session for the Legislature to pass solutions to gun violence and school safety.
Political violence strikes ICE office in Dallas
Political violence reared again Wednesday when a gunman attacked an ICE office in Dallas, killing one migrant detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life.
Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers, killing 3
A suspected stalker armed with a rifle hid inside his ex-girlfriend's home in the rolling farmland of southern Pennsylvania and ambushed police officers who came to arrest him, killing three of them in a shootout, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Federal judges spout anti-gun views from the bench
A federal judge this month declared that having guns was "an invitation to get into trouble," drawing fierce denunciations from Second Amendment groups that saw a shocking instance of ignorance, if not an anti-gun bias.
Shooting kills 3 officers and wounds 2 more in rural Pennsylvania; police say the shooter is dead
Law enforcement officials on Thursday were investigating after a shooting killed three officers and wounded two more in southern Pennsylvania the day before.
Kirk’s assassin lived with transgender romantic partner and had left-wing views, Utah governor says
The suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing was indoctrinated with left-wing views and involved in a romantic relationship with someone transitioning from male to female when he gunned down the rising conservative star last week on a Utah college campus, authorities say.
Rifle in Charlie Kirk killing complicates the usual gun control narrative
The single shot that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk's last week upended decades of the gun control debate.
Two teen boys arrested after gun-related lockdown at Montgomery County, Maryland, high school
The Montgomery County Police Department arrested two teen boys at Northwood High School in Rockville, Maryland, Thursday after a gun-related lockdown.
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified "extremist network" fired a revolver multiple times during an attack at a suburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities said Thursday.
13-year-old boy with ‘school shooter ideations’ arrested in Washington state
The Pierce County Sheriff's Office in Washington state arrested a 13-year-old boy over the weekend after being tipped off about his guns and "school shooter ideations," it said.
Jury selection begins in the trial of the man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump in Florida
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida.
‘Religion clearly a factor’: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting comes with rise in church attacks
Those searching for the motivation behind the Minneapolis school shooting may be missing the obvious, as those who track violence against churches can attest.
