Year: 2018

CHICAGO — At least 84 people were shot in the nation’s third-largest city over the last seven days, a troubling uptick of violence for a metropolis that has seen some recent success in reducing shooting incidents. The surge in violence, which includes nine people who were fatally shot, comes as Chicago Police Department officials have

Although there were many revealing moments during the oral argument for our Minnesota Voters Alliance case, this was perhaps our favorite. by Pacific Legal Foundation via Facebook

In China, where firearms are tightly restricted, it’s probably no surprise that those who want to hurt people found another way to do it. The dramatic rise of knife attacks around the world shows that the problem these days isn’t with guns. It’s with people. Mass knife attacks have become so common over the years

Ghost Gun Manufacturers: You have 15 days to stop marketing and selling these weapons into New Jersey. If you don’t, we will come after you. The clock is ticking. by New Jersey Attorney General’s Office via Facebook

A Chicago suburb’s law to confiscate firearms and magazines has been blocked by a temporary restraining order. Yesterday a firearm and magazine confiscation ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield was blocked on by a temporary restraining order. The Lake County Circuit Court held that the ordinance violates a state preemption statute. The court’s opinion

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — Police say a man who tried to carjack two people was thwarted after the victims both pulled out guns to protect themselves. According to Fox 30, Jacksonville police officers arrested 36-year-old Christopher Raymond Hill, charging him with strong-arm robbery, carjacking with firearm or deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon

A judge blocked a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in the small town of Deerfield, Illinois, less than 24 hours before it was meant to go into effect. The decision, handed down Tuesday evening in the 19th Judicial Circuit Court in Lake County, Illinois, is a small victory for gun rights groups, who

FTA: In the 1930s, political unrest brought France to the brink of disaster, prompting Prime Minister Pierre Laval to impose restrictions on freedom of assembly, decree gun registration, and ban military-style firearms. When France crumbled before the Nazi invasion in 1940, German soldiers mounted posters declaring that all firearms must be turned in within 24

“For more than a year, the state of Florida failed to review national background checks on tens of thousands of applications for concealed weapons permits, potentially allowing drug addicts or people with a mental illness to carry firearms in public.” The other side of this story: https://www.facebook.com/Everytownforthe2ndAmendment/?rc=p For more than a year, the state of