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NV: Las Vegas Bystanders Tackle Shooter After He Ambushed Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Husband Inside Smith’s
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Two unarmed strangers tackled and disarmed an armed man at a Las Vegas Smith’s grocery store on Tuesday after he ambushed his ex-girlfriend and her new husband and shot them both to death, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The shooting was reported just before 11:30 a.m. at the Smith’s at 9750 S. Maryland Parkway. Responding officers found three civilians subduing the suspect near the pharmacy drive-thru exit and took him into custody without further incident. Officers entered the store and located the victims, Victor Frias Rosas and Amanda Frias Rosas, a married couple who both worked at the store. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. |
SAF Files Motion in Case Challenging ATF’s Frame and Receiver Rule
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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Defense Distributed have filed a motion for summary judgment in Defense Distributed v. Blanche (formerly VanDerStok v. Bondi), challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule which expands the definition of “firearm” in the efforts of the Biden Administration to regulate so-called “ghost guns.”
In April 2022, the ATF published its Final Rule amending the regulatory definition of the term “firearm” to encompass precursor parts that, with enough additional manufacturing operations, could become functional firearms frames or receivers, but in their current state were non-functional – and critically, non-firearm – objects. |
FL: $5 Million Penalty: AG Takes Jacksonville to Court Over Secret Gun Registry
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A major legal battle over privacy and the Second Amendment is unfolding in Northeast Florida. On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Attorney General James Uthmeier took formal legal action against Jacksonville, seeking $5 million in civil penalties for what he characterizes as an “illegal gun registry”.
The controversy first came to light in May 2025, when City Councilman Nick Howland (R) blew the whistle on a secret tracking operation. Howland revealed that the city had been logging the personal information of citizens who entered two specific municipal buildings while legally armed. |
MA: New England Firearms Advocacy Conference Speakers Announced
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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has announced the speakers for the inaugural Firearms Advocacy Conference, scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Dr., Chicopee, Mass.
The New England FAC is being sponsored by the United States Concealed Carry Association. New England’s own Charlie Cook, host of Riding Shotgun With Charlie, will emcee. |
PSA, NAGR Ask Supreme Court To Review ATF’s NFA Abuse In Adamiak Case
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Patrick “Tate” Adamiak is serving 20 years in federal prison. Not for possessing functional weapons, but for possessing items that the government’s own witnesses said could not fire a projectile.
Cut-up parts that required welding to function. Grenade-launcher components stored separately with multiple lawful uses. Two tubes stamped “INERT” and “TRAINING AID DUMMY” with a hole drilled through them.
That is what the federal government turned into a National Firearms Act conviction. |
FL: Publix backtracks on open carry after allowing guns in Florida stores
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Publix has quietly made changes to a policy that allowed customers to openly carry guns inside its Florida grocery stores.
The Florida-based chain, which operates more than 1,400 locations across the Southeast, now says on its website it "kindly asks that only law enforcement openly carry firearms in our stores."
The change comes months after Publix said it would permit open carry in its hundreds of locations across the Sunshine State after a state appeals court ruling that struck down the state’s ban as unconstitutional. |
Belize: Self-Defense Claim After Woman Shot in Rural Land Dispute
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A land dispute in Lemonal Village has escalated into gunfire, leaving a young woman hospitalized and a community on edge. Twenty-one-year-old Stacey Middleton is recovering at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being shot in the leg during a confrontation on Tuesday. Police say the incident unfolded while licensed gun owner Rupert Gentle was clearing land with a bulldozer, work he claims he was authorized to carry out. Gentle told investigators he fired in self-defense after being confronted by Middleton and others. Police moved quickly to detain him and seized his firearm along with fifteen rounds of ammunition. No charges have been filed yet, as investigators continue working to determine what triggered the violence. |
Canada: GLOCK wins Royal Canadian Mounted Police duty pistol contract
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police – RCMP, familiarly known as the “Mounties” – has chosen its new duty pistol: the 9mm GLOCK 45 MOS 7, the crossover design that pairs the compact slide of the G19 with the full-size Gen5 frame of the G17, delivering a handgun that balances compactness with shootability.
The MOS (Modular Optic System) cut on the slide is particularly relevant here, as each pistol will ship optic-ready from the factory. What makes this contract especially noteworthy is the complete, integrated duty system being fielded alongside the pistol... |
CT: Connecticut pro-Second Amendment group sounds alarm on Glock-style ban, fear Democrats will go even further
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Second Amendment advocates in Connecticut are sounding the alarm on a new bill they claim will limit self-defense options, and say they're worried Democrats will go even further in targeting more guns next.
The bill, introduced by Democrats in Connecticut, would effectively ban most Glock-style pistols that can be converted into a machine gun. Specifically, it targets any semiautomatic pistol with a cruciform trigger bar that can be altered by hand or with a common household tool to accept a converter device, enabling it to fire automatically. |
Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from today’s gun laws
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With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet (305 meters) per second.
Imagine what that can do to a human body. Now, imagine that it’s almost completely exempt from gun regulations.
How can that be? Well, under federal and most state laws, many antique or replica guns aren’t technically considered firearms. In most places, even convicted felons can own them.
“I suspect the average judge would be surprised to find that out,” says Second Amendment scholar and gun-rights attorney Dave Hardy, himself the proud owner of two Civil War-era long guns. |
MA: New England Firearms Advocacy Conference
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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on New England Second Amendment advocates and activists to mark their calendars for May 30, and save the date!
The Firearms Advocacy Conference will bring together some of the top minds and staunchest advocates from the New England states to discuss legislation, litigation, lobbying, and more! Second Amendment giants, legislators, attorneys, and content creators have committed to participating in the event.
The New England Firearms Advocacy Conference will be a one-day event with the benefit of no overnight lodging needs for most attendees. Participants will be provided coffee, pastries, and lunch as well as a program packed with quality presentations and speakers. |
Buck Knives 2026 New Releases
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Building on more than a century of American craftsmanship, Buck Knives’ latest lineup introduces a diverse range of knives designed for modern users, from backcountry hunters to everyday carry enthusiasts, while staying rooted in the brand’s iconic heritage.
Leading the 2026 class are the 110 and 112 Slim Heritage Elites, a refined evolution of two of Buck’s most legendary knives. |
LA: More Louisiana officials get approval to carry guns inside State Capitol
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Louisiana legislators voted this week to expand the list of public officials who can carry a handgun in the State Capitol.
Senate Bill 277, sponsored by Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, would allow six more statewide elected officials to carry a firearm in the statehouse, and each one could designate a staff member to be granted the same privilege.
Currently, state legislators and the attorney general are the only elected officials who can carry handguns there. Edmonds’ legislation adds the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, insurance commissioner and agriculture commissioner to that list.
The proposal will become state law unless Gov. Jeff Landry vetoes it within the next two weeks. |
Proposal to rule change on mailing guns
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The Trump Administration is proposing a way to make it easier to ship firearms in the U.S.
The proposed rule would allow Americans to mail concealable guns, like pistols and revolvers.
Those have been banned from being shipped since 1927.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a coalition of 22 Attorneys General, submitted a comment letter opposing the move. |
We Buy Guns Surpasses 1,000 Five-Star Reviews Amid Continued Nationwide Growth
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We Buy Guns, a national online firearm purchasing platform, announced today that it has surpassed 1,000 five-star customer reviews, reflecting continued growth in demand for simplified, professionally managed firearm resale services.
The company has now purchased more than 11,500 firearms from individuals across all 50 U.S. states and has issued over $5.4 million in payments to sellers using its platform. Transactions have originated from more than 4,600 municipalities nationwide. |
NJ: New Jersey may have slipped up while defending its ammo ban
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Attorneys for the state of New Jersey may have made a significant error while trying to fend off a Second Amendment challenge to the state’s ban on civilian possession of hollow-point ammunition in most circumstances.
The state prohibited civilians from carrying the rounds, which are almost universally used by law enforcement, in public as part of a 1978 overhaul of its criminal code, the only state to maintain such a restriction. In a lawsuit filed in February 2025 by Gun Owners of America (GOA) and other pro-Second Amendment organizations on behalf of Heidi Bergmann-Schoch in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the groups sought to have that prohibition thrown out as a violation of the Second Amendment. |
CO: Denver Post Editorial Board Outraged Over DOJ ‘Assault Weapons,’ Magazine Lawsuits
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As you might expect, anti-gunners have taken a far dimmer view of the lawsuits. That included the Denver Post, which ran a scathing May 8 editorial written by the newspaper’s editorial board that showed not only their lack of understanding of the Second Amendment, but also important Supreme Court precedent.
In the editorial titled, “DOJ waits 37 years to challenge Denver’s gun control and still manages to pick one of the worst possible times,” the editorial seems caught up on the fact that both the Denver ban and the Colorado mag ban have been in existence for a few decades. |
NY: Homicide charge dropped against Mount Vernon man who knifed man in self-defense
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On the morning of Nov. 21, 2025, Astillo Sylvain made two 911 calls from the Mount Vernon rooming house where he lived to report Gregory Faulkner had chased him into a room with a knife.
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He was arrested and charged with first-degree manslaughter. But on Monday, May 4, the charge was dismissed at the request of the Westchester District Attorney's Office.
Assistant District Attorney Brian Bendish told state Supreme Court Justice James McCarty that prosecutors would be unable to sustain their burden of disproving Sylvain's claim of justification, that he had killed Faulkner in self-defense. |
FL: Florida AG James Uthmeier sues Jacksonville for $5M over ‘illegal gun registry’
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a lawsuit against the city of Jacksonville on Tuesday, alleging the municipal government maintained an “illegal gun registry” for nearly two years under the administration of Mayor Donna Deegan.
The state is seeking a $5 million judgment against the city, citing a violation of Florida law that strictly prohibits government entities from keeping records of privately owned firearms or their owners.
“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and we will use all power of this office to protect the rights of Floridians,” Uthmeier said in a video statement. |
NH: Pushback Grows Over Effort to Link Campus Guns Bill to Prosthetics Coverage
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Some people are upset by a move by legislators that would add an amendment prohibiting gun restrictions on college campuses to a House Bill that requires insurance coverage for adult amputee prosthetics. ...
Senate Bill (SB) 408, which would require that insurance companies cover adult amputee prosthetics the same way child prosthetics are covered, previously passed the Senate. Rep. Samuel Farrington, R-Rochester, prime sponsor of House Bill (HB) 1793 — prohibiting public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus — plans to introduce a floor amendment to add the campus carry bill to SB408, according to Rep. Rosemarie Rung, D-Merrimack. |
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