Category: guns

EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show FBI and ATF Warrantless Surveillance Through Gun Background Checks

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been tracking gun owners without a warrant in a coordinated system with the FBI, according to documents exclusively reviewed by The Epoch Times. Hundreds of pages of documents produced to Gun Owners of America from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show ATF agents telling…


SHOT Show Coming to Las Vegas, Jan. 17-20

Anyone involved in the firearms industry will want to be in Las Vegas Jan. 17-20 for the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s 45th annual SHOT Show, says NSSF’s Mark Oliva. “This is where all the manufacturers will be displaying their newest models. This is the chance for retailers to see what is new in their markets…


Illinois Assembly Looking To Tighten Its Already-Strict Laws To Curb State’s Gun Crime

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a bill to place further restrictions on gun owners in a state already known for strict gun-control laws. Gun rights advocates vow to fight what one calls a “blatantly illegal bill.” Doug Mayhall, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said his organization would sue if the bill is…


Illinois Assembly Looking to Tighten Already-Strict Laws to Curb State’s Gun Crime

The Illinois General Assembly will consider a bill to place further restrictions on gun owners in a state already known for strict gun-control laws. Gun rights advocates vow to fight what one calls a “blatantly illegal bill.” Doug Mayhall, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said his organization would sue if the bill is…


Australian Police Wrong to Take Man’s Guns and License After He Told Them About Burglary Plot

Australian Police in New South Wales (NSW) have been told they were wrong to tear up a grandfather’s gun licence after he alerted them to a plot to steal his guns, a tribunal has found. The school bus driver told police in 2021 that his daughter and her partner were planning to crash a vehicle…


Gun Owners of America Slams Omnibus Bill for Advancing Biden Gun-Control Agenda

National gun rights organization, Gun Owners of America, raised alarm over the FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by Congress, saying it is meant to do more than designate spending. “Gun Owners of America strongly objects to the Senate amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 2617 because it is infested with Second…


Judge Keeps Oregon’s Strict Gun Control Measure on Ice

An Oregon gun-control measure that many predict will wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court remains in limbo. In a Dec 23 hearing, Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio said he would rule by Jan. 3 whether to lift a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Oregon Ballot Measure 114 requirement that a background check be…


Texans as Young as 18 Can Carry Guns After State Drops Appeal

People as young as 18 can carry handguns in Texas after the state dropped an appeal of a recent order. Texas officials were prepared to make their case against the order, which found a Texas law barring people aged 18–20 from carrying handguns unconstitutional, but abruptly asked to withdraw the appeal on Dec. 20, court…


Defensive Gun Use, After the Smoke Clears

Kevin Michalowski has some unequivocal and sincerely held views on the purpose of the Second Amendment. “You have the right to stay alive and not live in fear of [evil people]. You have the right to defend yourself as you see fit,” Michalowski told The Epoch Times. “But you should get the training to ensure…


Gun Rights Group Files Emergency Request With Supreme Court

A Virginia-based Second Amendment rights group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court and compel New York to follow the high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. “We have said it before, and we will say it again, states must come into compliance with Bruen,”…