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WI: Wisconsin 12-year-old saves his dad's life during bear attack
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A Wisconsin dad says he's lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a black bear while hunting on Sept. 6.
He added that he probably wouldn't have survived if not for his young son. Beierman said Owen used his hunting rifle to shoot and kill the bruin. {emphasis added}
“I was flat on my back and could feel the bullet going through the bear,’’ Beierman said. “Owen was a hero. He shot that bear and killed it on top of me.’’ |
MI: Wayne County prosecutor: No charges in Eastern Market shooting
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No charges will be filed against the man who police said shot and killed two men at Eastern Market following a Detroit Lions game Sunday after the Wayne County prosecutor determined the shot was fired in self-defense.
Investigators found the 40-year-old who fired one shot that killed Jalen Welch, 25, and Rayshawn Palmer, 40, both of Detroit, acted in "lawful self-defense," said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in a news release Wednesday afternoon.
“We have reviewed this case thoroughly and this is a case of lawful self-defense," Worthy said. |
Kamala Harris to Oprah: ‘If somebody breaks in my house, they’re getting shot’
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Vice President Kamala Harris, a self-described gun owner, told Oprah in a live-streamed interview Thursday that she is not afraid to shoot someone in self-defense.
“If somebody breaks in my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris said. Laughing, she continued: “I probably should not have said that, my staff will deal with that later.”
Ed.: Remember: don't take self-defense advice from democratic candidates. Just because someone breaks in doesn't necessarily mean you can shoot them. Generally, Castle Doctrine grants the *presumption* that deadly force is justified, but that presumption may be be rebutted in court. Know your state laws, and consult competent legal counsel. |
MI: Gun advocates call out new state gun laws during Capitol rally
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A celebration of gun rights outside the Capitol Thursday brought together people who believe their right to bear arms is in danger.
The Vice President of the Second Amendment March, Brian Jeffs said Thursday’s gathering is a way for advocates to show support and raise awareness.
“It’s really a celebration of gun rights and to let people know that there are people that support the Second Amendment,” Jeffs said.
They also rallied at the Capitol Thursday to oppose some of Michigan’s new gun laws that were enacted in February this year. |
NY: Rounding up pending gun legislation in New York
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Rep. Stefanik also called attention to the Second Amendment rights of people living in states with strict regulations, like New York. She said that this bill, the ‘‘Modern Firearm Safety Act’’ would ban implementing handgun rosters, aligning with a federal court that found California’s handgun roster requirements unconstitutional.
“I am proud to introduce the Modern Firearm Safety Act to put a stop to the unconstitutional gun-grabbing agenda pushed on law-abiding American citizens,” she said in a written statement in August. “My legislation would ban Albany Democrats from imposing illegal handgun roster requirements meant to deter gun ownership.” |
NY: Rejection rate for concealed carry gun permits on Long Island less than 3%
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The ruling, which found the law prevented "law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms," led to thousands of applications for concealed carry permits on Long Island.
Figures Newsday obtained from the Nassau County Police Department, Suffolk County Police Department and Suffolk County Sheriff's Office show that since the ruling, the three law enforcement agencies in charge of the process have approved 17,162 concealed carry gun permits. |
Canada: Federal firearm buyback program has cost $67M, still not collecting guns after 4 years
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The federal firearm buyback program has cost taxpayers nearly $67.2 million since it was announced in 2020, but it still hasn't collected a single gun.
The program is designed to compensate owners of assault-style firearms that were banned by the Liberal government in 2020(opens in a new tab). Although many details of the program still haven't been revealed after four years, businesses and gun owners only have until the end of October 2025 to turn in, deactivate or dispose of outlawed weapons. The government estimates there are 150,000 prohibited assault-style firearms(opens in a new tab) in the country. |
‘There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority’
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Today’s opponents of efforts to quell gun violence with regulation often hand-wave toward US history—the Founding Fathers, the Second Amendment—to bolster their case. And that can be persuasive, if it’s unchecked.
Checking it is what Robert Spitzer does. He’s adjunct professor at College of William and Mary School of Law, and professor emeritus of political science at SUNY Cortland. He’s the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Gun Dilemma, from Oxford University Press. He joins us now by phone from Williamsburg, Virginia. Welcome to CounterSpin, Robert Spitzer. |
MI: People gather for Second Amendment march
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People gathered on the lawn of the state Capitol Thursday to celebrate the Second Amendment.
Many were carrying guns and exercising their right to bear arms. It was all part of the “Second Amendment March” put on by Michigan Open Carry. People at the event, like State Representative Angela Rigas, said they want the government to stay away from their gun rights.
They say over the past couple of years that hasn’t been happening.
“We always will defend our Second Amendment, without it we have no country,” Rigas said. |
MI: 2nd Amendment March at the Michigan State Capitol
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Advocates for the Second Amendment attend the 2024 Second Amendment March at the Michigan State Capitol building on September 19, 2024 in Lansing, Michigan. The group "Second Amendment March" believes that the upcoming presidential election is especially important for gun owners as Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris have different views on guns and the Second Amendment. |
NSSF Urges All Gun Owners and Second Amendment Supporters to Register to Vote and #GUNVOTE® on November 5th
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NSSF®, the Firearm Industry Trade Association, announced it is urging all gun owners, hunters, recreational target shooters and supporters of the Second Amendment to register to vote by visiting www.GunVote.org and on Election Day, November 5th, to not risk their rights and #GUNVOTE®
With less than 50 days until Election Day, several states are beginning to send out mail ballots and offering advanced in-person voting. NSSF’s #GUNVOTE voter education campaign seeks to ensure all gun owners and hunters are registered to vote and educated about where the candidates stand on the Second Amendment. |
Harris and Walz: Gunning for the Second Amendment
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Vice President Kamala Harris is a gun owner. Apparently that fact is supposed to make other gun owners less leery of her stance on Second Amendment issues.
There’s just one problem. Harris is a gun owner who’s also currently an integral part of the most anti-gun administration in American history.
As President Joe Biden’s right-hand woman on gun control, she’s helped orchestrate a four-year war on the Second Amendment, including through unprecedented efforts to weaponize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives against the peaceable gun owners whose trust she’s trying so desperately to garner. |
Fifth Circuit Rules Illegal Aliens Are Not Entitled to Second Amendment Rights
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In district court, Medina-Cantu requested charges be dismissed on grounds that Section §922(g)(5) violates the Second Amendment, a protection he claims entitlement to, unlike the laws that he did not believe applied to him in the first place. Isn’t it funny how that works? District Court Judge Gonzales Ramos didn’t find it amusing, however, rejecting the request in light of precedent set in Portillo-Munoz, where in 2011 the Fifth Circuit upheld Section 922(g)(5)(A), reasoning that ‘the people’ referred to by the Second Amendment did not include those having illegally entered the United States.
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MI: Lawsuit Appeal Seeks to Defend Gun-Related Protected Speech in Public Schools
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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced that an opening brief was filed in an FPC-backed lawsuit challenging a Michigan public school’s ban on gun-related speech that prevented a third-grader from wearing a hat to the school’s “hat day” bearing the text “Come and Take It” and an image of an AR-15 rifle.
The brief, filed with the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/mccrumb.
“Public schools may not violate the First Amendment rights of their students because they don’t like the Second Amendment and protected weapons like America’s Rifle, the AR-15.” |
MA: Massachusetts Supreme Court Moves Forward With Cross Border Carry Case
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On September 9, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Court held oral arguments in the cases of Commonwealth v Donnell. Another similar case in which a New Hampshire citizen worked in Massachusetts, Marquis, was consolidated with the Donnell case. Both cases involve New Hampshire citizens who had firearms in their automobiles in Massachusetts
The case concerns whether Massachusetts can impose undue burdens on people from out of state who can legally carry weapons in their home state. It appears the court has received all the arguments in this case and will now consider them and file an opinion and order. |
The 2024 Fight Over Guns Has Stagnated
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The presidential campaign’s debate over gun policy and the emphasis (or lack thereof) on it is unlikely to change from this point through November.
Over the past month, we’ve seen a high-profile mass shooting and a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump. We’ve also seen Kamala Harris give an extended interview on gun policy. Yet, there hasn’t been any movement on guns from either candidate, and Americans haven’t moved the issue up their priority list.
The race has stagnated and, barring an extreme event, will probably stay right where it is on guns. |
For Grizzly Defense Handguns, Hunters Prefers Magnum Revolvers Or 10 mm Pistols
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In 2016, Alaska fishing guide Phil Shoemaker used a 9 mm pistol to kill a gigantic brown bear that was threatening two clients. The 9 mm is generally regarded as too puny for bears.
On the flip side, there have been stories through the years of enraged grizzlies absorbing several hits from high-powered rifles before finally dying.
So, the ultimate answer might be it depends on other factors besides the type of weapon used, like shot placement, bullet type and numerous other factors. |
TX: AG Ken Paxton's request to block State Fair of Texas' no gun policy struck down by Dallas Co. judge
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A Dallas County District Court struck down on Thursday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to temporarily block the State Fair of Texas' new policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds.
After a two-hour hearing in the District Court, Judge Emily Tobolowsky agreed with state fair officials that they could enforce a gun ban as a private nonprofit.
Last month, Paxton sued the city of Dallas and state fair officials over the new policy. Texas lawmakers also signed a petition pressuring State Fair officials to rescind it, saying the new policy makes the fair less safe.
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WV: Home Intruder Left DRT(dead right there) in West Virginia Self-Defense Shooting
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, an intruder was shot and killed in what appears to be a case of justified self-defense at a vacant home in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
Michael Marshall, a resident of Inwood, called 911 at 3:46 a.m. to report that he had shot a man who had broken into his mother’s unoccupied house on Winchester Avenue. Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies arrived quickly and discovered the intruder, later identified as 38-year-old Joshua Boone from Williamsport, Maryland, lying face down in the garage with a gunshot wound. |
IL: Legal Showdown Looms Over Suppressor Bans & 2nd Amendment Rights: Carlin Anderson vs. Kwame Raoul
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At the heart of the 2nd case, Carlin Anderson vs. Kwame Raoul is the legal conflict of Illinois’ ban on suppressors—a critical piece of legislation that has ignited passionate debates about its constitutionality. The implications of this case extend far beyond state lines, with the potential to set a precedent in suppressor regulation across the country. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn’s courtroom has become a pivotal battleground in determining whether these firearms accessories, often demonized by big Hollywood and anti-gun advocates, fall under the protection of the Second Amendment. |
HI: Waianae Man Will Not Be Charged For Shooting Neighbor Who Killed Three
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Rishard Keamo-Carnate will not be charged after he was arrested for killing a neighbor who stormed onto Keamo-Carnate’s property and shot five people, killing three.
Keamo-Carnate, 42, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder after killing his neighbor, Hiram Silva, 59, on Aug. 31. Prosecutors declined to charge him Wednesday, citing “issues related to self defense and defense of others,” according to a news release by the Honolulu Police Department. |
TX: The decision is in - Can attendees carry firearms to the State Fair? Even if they are licensed?
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Ed.: No. The judge declined to issue an injuction, so the ban stands, for now.
This ruling protecting the State Fair's lame duck policy of not allowing law abiding citizens to carry a firearm during the Texas State Fair is a temporary setback that we feel will be overshadowed this upcoming legislative session by the dozens of TXGR PAC endorsed candidates that defeated Anti-2A RINOS this past primary.
Texas gun rights President Chris McNutt had this to say "I would like to thank Attorney General Ken Paxton for being willing to take on this fight and the dozens of state legislators that aided and supported Attorney General Paxton in this fight," |
IL: Assault Weapons Ban Trial Update From Federal Courthouse In East St Louis
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The assault weapons ban trial continues at the Federal Courthouse in East St. Louis and a firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois’ assault weapons ban include many of the most common firearms that American consumers use for self-defense.
Steven Randall Watt, a combat veteran and retired law enforcement officer who now owns a private firearms training company, also said he personally owns many types of weapons restricted by the law, as well as large-capacity magazines that he said are an important element in self-defense.
Watt said he subscribes to the adage that says, “You never know how much ammunition you’re going to need, so you want to keep as much as possible.”
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IL: Downstate judge set to rule next month on constitutionality of Illinois' assault weapons ban
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The federal judge overseeing a trial challenging Illinois’ assault weapons ban wondered aloud from the bench on Thursday whether the guns currently outlawed by the state might have prevented the 1917 race riots in East St. Louis - had they existed and been legal at the time.
Judge Stephen McGlynn made the comments at the end of the four-day bench trial, one of several remarks he made during the trial about the value of AR-15-style guns as tools for civilian self-defense. McGlynn said he plans to rule on whether or not the law is unconstitutional in about a month. |
The Emerging Threat of 3D-Printed Firearms
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Ghost guns are privately made firearms that lack serial numbers and are manufactured without regulatory oversight. These weapons can be created by assembling components from kits or by 3D-printing parts from scratch. This makes them virtually impossible for authorities to trace, bypassing traditional gun control measures and allowing for the sale or manufacture of firearms without a license. |
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