UPDATED: Texas AG Appeals Court Decision Upholding State Fair Carry Ban
Editor's Note: After losing arguments in both a Dallas district court and a state appeals court, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took his challenge of the State Fair of Texas's gun policy...
Detroit Lions Tailgate Shooting Ruled Self-Defense
In a bizarre story, Michigan prosecutors have ruled that the man who shot and killed two men—one accidentally—at a Detroit Lions tailgate party Sept. 15 was acting in self-defense, so no charges...
Michigan Man Free After Shooting Ruled Self-Defense
When Christopher Peterson of Inkster, Michigan, had to pull his firearm and shoot his mother’s ex-boyfriend on July 3, he likely had no idea he’d be charged with second-degree murder and have...
Armed Robbers “Find Out” Texas Style
A pair of armed robbers learned what it meant to “find out” in the great state of Texas when they attempted to rob a 34-year-old San Antonio man in the early morning...
Self-Defense Shooting Reignites Stand-Your-Ground Debate In Hawaii
A particularly brutal attack at a party in a Waianae, Hawaii, neighborhood has at least one lawmaker in the Aloha State considering reintroducing a Stand-Your-Ground proposal when the state legislature reconvenes next...
National Constitutional Carry Measure Introduced In Congress
For those concealed carry practitioners in the 21 states that don’t yet have a constitutional, or “permitless,” carry law on the books, help could be on the way at the federal level.
AL: Montgomery Mayor Signs Ordinance Curbing Concealed Carry
Alabama’s constitutional, or “permitless,” concealed carry law is coming under further fire from another elected official in the state.
Last week we reported that Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch...
Florida: Jealous Boyfriend Shot In Apparent Self-Defense Incident
As the old saying goes, “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
That’s the lesson a jealous, and dangerous, Florida man recently learned when he decided to assault one of...
9th Circuit Upholds Carry Ban In Some California, Hawaii Locations
A federal court has ruled that Hawaii and California—two of the most anti-gun states in the nation—can enforce some portions of their “sensitive places” laws passed after the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court...
Armed Tulsa Man Stops Five Attackers
As a political writer and solid believer in the right to armed self-defense, I spend some time each day researching defensive shooting episodes throughout the country in order to keep my finger...
Following Terror Attack, German Government Pushes Knife Ban
In the aftermath of a recent attack in which a Syrian Islamic extremist wielding a knife murdered three innocent festival goers and wounded eight others, authorities in Germany are pushing forward with...
More Bruen Fallout: Switchblades Now Legal In Massachusetts
After being banned for nearly seven decades, Massachusetts residents can now carry switchblades, thanks to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.