Only days after TheGunMag.com carried a report about how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is issuing expensive firearm suppressors to its agents, the Violence Policy Center has released a study calling the devices a “public safety threat.” In a statement announcing its report, titled Silencers: A Threat to Public Safety, the […]
26 AGs Sign Amicus Urging SCOTUS to Take Hawaii CCW Case
A coalition of 26 state attorneys general, led by Montana A.G. Austin Knudsen and Idaho A.G. Raul Labrador, has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the high court to “intervene and halt Hawaii’s unconstitutional gun ban” by granting certiorari in a case known as Wolford v. Lopez. This follows an unprecedented […]
ATF Issuing Suppressors for the ‘Health and Safety’ of its Agents, but What About Us?
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press COMMENTARY: The ATF admitted it issues $1,300 rifle suppressors for the “health and safety” of its law enforcement agents, “due to the extensive training and quarterly firearms qualifications they must complete,” according to a story published Wednesday. But those three words chosen by […]
WA Supreme Court Upholds Ban on ‘Large-Capacity Magazines’
In a 7-2 ruling, the Washington State Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on so-called “large-capacity magazines,” declaring in a 19-page decision that such magazines are not “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. Writing for the majority, Associate Justice Charles W. Johnson stated, “LCMs also fall outside either protection of the right to bear […]
Missouri Again Tries 2A Preservation Act; Earlier Law Struck Down
Almost two years after being struck down by an Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel as unconstitutional, an updated version of Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) is making its way through the State Legislature in Jefferson City. Sponsors of House Bill 1175 say it is supposed to be less vulnerable to court challenge, […]
Minneapolis Murder Suspect Has Criminal Past; Will MN Consider More Gun Laws?
The suspect in an April 29 multiple murder in Minneapolis, Minn. is a convicted felon who legally could not possess a firearm, but he now faces four counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder, along with a single count of illegal gun possession. This comes almost two years after the state […]
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