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AR: Judge clears Little Rock man facing murder charge he said was self defense
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A 24-year-old Little Rock man who said he fired into a moving car to protect himself and a friend was cleared of murder charges for killing a man in the vehicle by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Leon Johnson, a ruling that ended Key'Andre Marcell Collin's two-day jury trial Wednesday after prosecutors had rested their case against him.
Collins told Little Rock police that he was at the Beacon Hill apartments, 1801 Reservoir Road, in July 2022 to change the oil of a friend's car. He said he was under the hood when he heard gunshots. |
CO: The North Ave shooting: What actually happened?
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“It ended up resulting in a shooting; a shooting where he shot and killed both of them. He remained on the scene,” recalled Rubinstein, “He called 911 after shooting the first victim, and was on the phone during the shooting of the second victim. He stayed there until police arrived, and came down to the police station. He gave a lengthy interview alleging that he was acting in self-defense.”
The DA says Taylor’s self-defense claim and the lack of video evidence is what caused him and the Grand Junction Police Department to bring the case to a grand jury and let them decide if charges should be brought on the two counts of second-degree murder. |
Bass Pro Has Great Deals on Winchester, Blazer, and Hornady 9mm Ammo
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Bass Pro Shops has some outstanding deals on handgun ammo right now, and at the top of the heap is this tremendous savings on 50- and 200-round Range Packs of 115-grain 9mm Winchester FMJ. The 50-round packs can be had for just $13.99, that’s about $0.27 per round.
Save 30% on Winchester 115-grain 9mm
This FMJ ammo is an excellent choice for target practice and training, as Winchester white box has always been. Recoil and performance are consistent round after round, and with these discounts, you can spend time at the range like it’s 2005. Well, almost. |
NC: Irresponsible Gun Owner: Father Charged After Toddler’s Death Linked to Unsafe Firearm Storage
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A tragic incident in High Point has led to charges against Julian Helbert, 26, of Kernersville, following the shooting death of his toddler. Investigators from the High Point Police Department’s Special Victims Unit found that a child under 10 years old had fired the shot, ultimately causing the toddler’s death.
Authorities determined that Helbert failed to secure a loaded firearm properly, enabling access to the weapon. This oversight resulted in the fatal incident and prompted several serious charges against him. Helbert faces counts of involuntary manslaughter, felony child abuse, and unsafe firearm storage to protect minors. |
CO: Red flag laws are still used in Colorado’s Second Amendment sanctuaries, just less frequently
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Over a three-year period beginning in 2021, 353 petitions were filed under Colorado’s red flag law, and 39% of those petitions led to firearms being relinquished, according to research our group published in Preventive Medicine Reports.
Red flag laws are also known as extreme risk protection orders. These orders temporarily bar individuals deemed by a judge to be at risk of violence from buying or possessing firearms.
We found that 54.6% of petitions across Colorado were filed by law enforcement. These petitions were granted 94.3% of the time.
Petitions filed by people outside of law enforcement were granted just 35% of the time. |
OH: The Daniel Defense "Give Thanks for our Freedoms" Raffle - $3,000 Prize Package
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The Thanksgiving holiday is a time to give thanks for our blessings and to be grateful for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. One of those freedoms is the right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Constitution.
And what better way to celebrate than to raffle off one of the finest examples of the AR-15, America's most popular rifle. We've selected the Daniel Defense DDM4 V7, an AR-15 style firearm featuring M-LOK attachment technology and built around a Cold Hammer Forged 16 inch barrel, with a mid-length gas system for smooth and reliable cycling, ambi GRIP-N-RIP Charging Handle, and more. |
NC: 'Gone up like a thousand percent': Fayetteville takes stand on ghost guns.
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Fayetteville City Councilwoman Courtney Banks-McLaughlin is one of millions of Americans affected personally by gun violence, having lost a teenage daughter to this uniquely American epidemic.
Now, she is calling for action on a category of weapons that is growing fast in our state and in our country. They are ghost guns — custom-made firearms that can be purchased online and assembled at home from kits. The guns do not have serial numbers, making them untraceable by law enforcement. |
OH: Meet the Ohio pastor turning guns into garden tools
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Joel Shenk believes his hammer is an instrument of peace.
On an October day, he repeatedly smashed it down into an anvil at Toledo Mennonite Church, where he serves as a pastor. The red-hot metal on the receiving end once had a life as a weapon.
“It becomes in a way like Play-Doh,” he said, as he loaded a rifle barrel into the roaring forge. “And you can slowly shape it into a different form.” |
Poll: Majority of Americans Support Gun Control and Bans (But That Number is Dropping)
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A recent national poll found that a narrow majority of respondents were in favor of more restrictions on guns and a ban on common semi-auto firearms.
Gallup's October Crime poll found that 56 percent of the U.S. adults they spoke to support stricter laws on the sale of guns in general. However, the firm also noted a steady decline from October 2022—when 57 percent favored tougher laws—to May 2022 (66 percent) and 1990 (76 percent).
"For now, gun policy does not rank highly among the most important problems on Americans’ minds," observed Gallup. |
Black Friday Gun Deals: Shotguns, Rifles, and Handguns on Sale
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Everyone is gearing up for holiday shopping, but few things get us more excited than saving money on things that go “pew.” We tracked down the best Black Friday gun deals to help make this season merry and bright. These are early Black Friday sales. We’ll be updating this post as new deals go live from now through the end of Cyber Week.
Whether you’re looking for ammo to fill stockings or a little something for yourself, here are our top picks for the best early Black Friday gun deals. |
TX: "Guns, knives, hammers": local nonprofit now tracking road rage cases
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Breaking aggressive drivers of their bad habits behind the wheel. That's the goal of a local nonprofit director who's made it his mission to track road rage cases.
Dean DeSoto of The Community Alliance for Traffic Safety is working with UTSA to establish a first-of-its-kind research center to study aggressive driving statistics and behaviors in hopes of bringing about change on the national level. |
POF-USA Delivers New 6-Pound .308 With Competitive Price
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Promising "Duty grade performance and entry-level cost," Patriot Ordnance Factory has a more entry-level lightweight .308 AR on the schedule for 2025.
The Arizona-based company pioneered the "small frame" AR-10(ish) rifle with the Revolution series in 2016 and doubled down on it with direct-impingement and 6.5CM offerings in 2019. It has similar dimensions and weight to an AR-15 but is chambered in a much more serious caliber than 5.56, and it scratches many itches. While well-liked, the Revolution was, and still is, a bit pricey, with a "good deal" ask of around $2,500. |
CO: Colorado becomes first state to approve excise tax on guns and ammunition via ballot measure
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Colorado voters approved Proposition KK on Election Day, adding a 6.5% excise tax on gun and ammunition sales.
Colorado is not the first state to impose such a tax, but it is the first one to do so via a citizen’s vote.
California, the only other state with an excise tax on gun sales, passed a similar 11% excise tax through Assembly Bill 28 which Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law. Because of Colorado’s unique Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), certain tax increases like those included in Proposition KK require voter approval. |
Gun Industry Accused of Sharing Customer Data with Political Groups
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Major players in the American firearms industry have been accused of leaking sensitive customer data to political operatives, potentially breaching privacy laws and shaking trust within the gun-owning community. A deep investigation by ProPublica journalist Corey G. Johnson has uncovered decades of covert data sharing by gun manufacturers with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), an influential trade group. The findings have sparked outrage and calls for accountability, with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal leading the charge against what he terms an “invasive and dangerous” intrusion into customer privacy. |
NY: New York Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Body Armor Ban To Go To Trial
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A federal judge has ruled against Attorney General Letitia James and other New York officials, rejecting their motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to the state’s ban on bulletproof vests and protective body armor.
U.S. District Court Judge John Sinatra Jr. affirmed plaintiffs standing to sue the state over the restrictions.
“Here, plaintiffs have demonstrated an injury in fact…They allege an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably protected by the Second Amendment but proscribed by New York law,” Sinatra wrote in a 19-page ruling. |
Gallup Poll: Only 20% of Americans support a total gun ban
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According to the survey, only 20% of people currently support the idea of banning gun ownership altogether. As for "assault weapons," support for their ban has dropped to 52%, down considerably from the 61% recorded in 2019.
Support for a gun ban is especially low even among Democrats, where only 33% back such a measure. This poses a dilemma for the party: the policies proposed by its leadership seem disconnected from an electoral base that has shown inclinations toward more moderate positions. |
I Believe We Shouldn’t Own Guns. I’m Learning How To Shoot One Anyway
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I didn’t grow up with guns. I grew up in an Italian-American family in Florida — two cultures people often associate with gun ownership — but we were never a “gun family,” even though my dad always kept one in his glove box. When I was old enough to finally notice, I’d ask him questions about it, ever curious about the power it provided and the reason he had it. For his work as a private investigator then, he had it solely for protection, but he never loved it. He never showed the enthusiasm men often showed towards their guns in movies or the way my friends would talk about their dads taking them shooting. |
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