The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 1,503 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first quarter of 2024, a number the federal agency said is comparable to last year’s. The total represents an average of 16.5 firearms per day detected at TSA checkpoints during the first three months of the year. During the same time […]
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.) took action on 67 bills on Tuesday, including vetoing 30 that he said would “punish” law-abiding citizens and impinge on their 2nd Amendment rights. “I swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Virginia, and that absolutely includes protecting the right of […]
Former President Donald Trump dominates the primaries, securing the GOP nod. We dive into the Trump–Biden rematch and past presidential rematches. U.S. representatives passed a bill cracking down on TikTok. We have more on the bipartisan effort. Food dyes are in the spotlight again in California. Lawmakers are now looking to ban certain dyes from […]
The Supreme Court seemed divided during oral argument on Feb. 28 over whether it would uphold the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regulation prohibiting ownership of bump stocks. That regulation came after the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas where a gunman used bump stock-equipped firearms. It reversed years of ATF interpretations […]
Former President Donald Trump vowed to protect the Second Amendment rights of Americans, promising that under his administration, the government would not seek to take away people’s firearms. “For four incredible years, it was my honor to be the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House by far. Now, I stand […]
A controversial California law that would ban licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms in multiple locations across the state was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Dec. 20, meaning the legislation will not go into full effect as planned next year. Senate Bill 2 was part of a string of new gun restrictions […]
A divided U.S. appeals court on Nov. 3 found Illinois’ new ban on “assault weapons” likely does not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. The prohibition on buying, selling, and owning some semiautomatic guns, including AR-15s, was signed into law by Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in January. Almost immediately, groups and individuals […]
New Mexico’s new ban on carrying guns in some parks was upheld by a federal judge on Oct. 11. U.S. District Judge David Urias, an appointee of President Joe Biden, rejected a motion for a preliminary injunction entered by gun rights groups and gun owners. The groups in September challenged an order from New Mexico […]
The first day under a New York law requiring a background check for ammunition purchases passed quietly for ammunition sellers who spoke to The Epoch Times. But one man said the new system could be a security nightmare. “In my eyes, it’s an overreach. What’s it going to do to help society as a whole?” […]
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around the state’s largest city drew an immediate court challenge and also calls for her impeachment by Republicans in the legislature New Mexico state Reps. Stefani Lord and John Block, both Republican, called for her impeachment after […]
A federal judge has reversed the ban by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on ghost guns. NTD speaks to Autumn Patterson, a senior attorney at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, who says the judge ruled the ban was illegal because it went beyond the ATF’s authority. Ms. Patterson said the Department […]
Turning tragedy into triumph. Strategies to overcome violence and despair. America is hurting from a rising tide of mass shootings, leaving many Americans in a sea of heartbreak and despair. Is there any hope for stopping the insanity of violence?
In the wake of recent shooting incidents, we take a look at “smart guns” that use biometric data to unlock the gun for shooting. NTD’s Daniel Monaghan spoke with inventor Kai Kloepfer.
A 12-year-old boy in Milwaukee was charged with first-degree intentional homicide after being accused of killing a man to steal his guns, court records show. The boy, who is not named because of his age, allegedly carried out the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Brandon Felton inside of a Milwaukee home on March 15 because Felton […]
The Biden administration formally asked the Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that invalidated a federal law that bars people under domestic violence-related restraining orders from possessing firearms. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed the new petition (pdf) in United States v. Rahimi, court file 22-915, which was docketed by the Supreme Court […]
Visa and Mastercard confirmed on March 9 that they’re pausing the implementation of a new merchant category code (MCC) that will help track cardholders’ purchases at gun stores. The pause stems from legislation advancing in several states that would restrict the use of the new code, and complicate matters, Visa said. “There is now significant confusion and legal uncertainty in the payments […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says that a record number of guns were intercepted at airport checkpoints in the United States in 2022. Officials attribute the climb in numbers to more Americans carrying firearms.
National Association of Gun Rights (NAGR) president Dudley Brown said that the second cancellation in as many weeks for an event featuring Kyle Rittenhouse is simply a matter of business operators bowing to the “woke crowd.” “The woke crowd had a fit,” Brown told The Epoch Times. Rittenhouse was to speak at a private reception […]
LOS ANGELES—A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and shot and killed them in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead, a sheriff said Tuesday. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Monday when the killers caught up to […]
