Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/16/2021 The Texas House on Thursday gave initial approval to a bill that would allow Texans to carry handguns without a permit or training. After hours of debate, House Bill 1927, led by Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler.), passed 84–56 largely along party lines, in a blow to Democrats who have long railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Texas has more than 1.6 million licensed handgun owners. But scrapping that required permit has been a long-sought goal of conservative activists in the Lone Star State. If approved, Texas...

Source: ABC News Date: 4/17/2021 The suspect, 19-year-old Brandon Hole -- who FedEx says was an employee at the facility from August to October 2020 -- was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Craig McCartt, deputy chief of Criminal Investigations at Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, said at a Friday news conference. He was armed with a rifle, McCartt said. When officers arrived at the FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport just after 11 p.m., they found a "chaotic and active crime scene," McCartt said. "This suspect came to the facility ... he got out...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/14/2021 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a proclamation that designates his state as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State,” reaffirming the state’s support for gun rights. “Nebraska has always been a state that has supported our Second Amendment rights,” Ricketts said, according to a video of the signing event. “As a symbol of that support, I am signing a proclamation declaring Nebraska a Second Amendment Sanctuary State, and with my signature, it will become official.” A number of counties in the state have already declared themselves Second Amendment...

Source: ABC 6 Date: 4/14/2021 The Columbus Division of Police has released body-cam video of a fatal shooting inside Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital. The video released Wednesday shows the shooting that took place Monday in the emergency room at the hospital.  Columbus Police said 27-year-old Miles Jackson was found around 12:10 p.m. Monday sleeping on a bench outside of a bank, and was taken to the hospital after a suspected relapse related to a drug overdose. Police said "an altercation ensued" in the ER area during the transfer of custody leading to a shooting between Officer Andrew...

Source: Daily Mail Date: 4/14/2021 George Floyd's girlfriend was Daunte Wright's high school teacher, it has emerged, in a tragic link between the two families.  Courteney Ross spoke of her connection to the 20-year-old after appearing at a joint press conference with the Floyds and the Wrights and attorney Ben Crump on Tuesday.   Her boyfriend George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis in May last year after cop Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck while Daunte Wright was shot dead by officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop in a city suburb Sunday.  Both deaths sparked violent protests in...

Source: New York Post Date: 4/12/2021 The black man who was killed during a traffic stop in Minnesota was fatally shot by a cop who mistook her gun for a Taser, police said Monday, as they released bodycam footage of the incident, showing the officer screaming, “Taser! Taser!” Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said Daunte Wright died as a result of “an accidental discharge” by the officer, who has been placed on administrative leave. Police bodycam footage shows the officer yelling “Taser! Taser!” as others struggled with Wright in his car. The video shows Wright stepping out of his...

Source: Daily Mail Date: 4/13/2021 Daunte Wright choked a woman and threatened to shoot her if she did not hand over $820 she had stuffed in her bra, court papers obtained by DailyMail.com allege. Wright was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in Minnesota on Sunday, leading to days of unrest.    Court records also show that a warrant was out for Wright's arrest after he missed a court appearance on separate firearms charges at the time he was killed. And online speculation that he did not know there was a warrant out for his arrest is false, DailyMail.com has learned. A letter...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 3/29/2021 President Joe Biden says that he’s confident the Senate can approve gun control legislation, in the wake of two mass shootings in March. “I’m the only one who has ever got them passed, man,” Biden told reporters on March 28, referring to the 1994 “assault weapons” ban that he helped steer to Senate approval; that measure expired in 2005. “The only gun control legislation that’s ever passed is mine. It’s going to happen again.” On March 26, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in a news conference that Biden will sign an executive...

Source: Blaze Media Date: 3/29/2021 Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) defended Americans' right to bear arms Sunday amid a renewed Democratic push for gun control legislation, saying his house would be the last one a gang would come to due to his ownership of an AR-15. What are the details? Following the atrocious mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, last week, Democrats — including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) — have revived a campaign for gun control legislation, specifically targeting...

Source: Breaking 911 Date: 3/28/2021 WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. — Officials at Everglades National Park reported an ‘active shooter’ who was firing on rangers Sunday evening. The suspect was later taken into custody. “Active shooter incident happening at Everglades NP,” an alert said. “Main park road (SR 9336) closed for public safety. Visitors/residents in Flamingo should shelter in place. Suspect is a 33 y.o. white male. Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are coordinating the response.” “There are no injuries to report as of now. Suspect fired at park rangers unprovoked.” According...

Source: RF Angle Date: 3/23/2021 President Biden is considering executive action on gun control, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. “We are considering a range of levers, including working through legislation, including executive action,” said Psaki. “That has been under discussion and will continue to be under discussion.”  Biden stated that he wanted to immediately take action on gun control after the Boulder shooting, stating that he did not “want to wait another minute, let alone an hour.” It was not specified what actions Biden will be taking, but he previously mentioned...

Source: RF Angle Date: 3/23/2021 Less than 24 hours after the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting, Joe Biden has already called for more gun control. Biden has asked Congress to “immediately pass” legislation that would close “loopholes” in background checks and ban the purchasing of “assault weapons” and “high capacity magazines.” “I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save the lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act,” said Biden. “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country...

Source: Epoch Times Date: March 24, 2021 The Supreme Court seemed skeptical of government arguments that the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement should be expanded to allow police to seize guns without a warrant in a person’s home. The case comes as President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats press for aggressive new restrictions on Second Amendment gun ownership rights, including controversial “red flag” laws, which allow gun seizures from law-abiding gun owners with limited due process, in the wake of highly publicized deadly mass...

Source: Reuters Date: 4/19/2021 Five people were hospitalized after being shot and injured in Shreveport, Louisiana, CBS-affiliated television station KSLA reported late on Sunday, the third multiple shooting reported in the United States with 24 hours. In a briefing to local news outlets, police said they were in the first stages of investigating the incident, without confirming the number of people admitted to hospital nor their condition. Police officers were responding to traffic congestion reports when shots were heard, a police spokesman told reporters. "We responded this evening to...

Source: Breaking 911 Date: 2/8/2021 A new bill that has been proposed by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) would effectively criminalize private gun ownership throughout the United States. H.R. 127, also referred to as the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act, would be the most radical gun control reform that the United States has ever seen if passed. The bill is named in memory of Sabika Sheik, a Pakistani foreign exchange student that died in a school shooting in 2018. The bill can be found HERE Some of the main points within the bill include: Requiring a license...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/13/2021 The Minneapolis-area police officer who shot Daunte Wright and the city’s police chief resigned on Tuesday following riots and protests, according to her union. Kim Potter, a veteran officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned. “I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately,” Potter wrote in her brief letter, which...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/13/2021 Brooklyn Center Police officer Kim Potter has been identified as responsible for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, whose death has been ruled as homicide by medical examiners. Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was identified Monday by Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety as the officer who shot Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. The 48-year-old officer has since been placed on administrative leave while investigators consider what disciplinary action, or potential criminal...

Source: NBC News Date: 4/12/2021 The police confrontation escalated after officers saw what could have been an air freshener hanging illegally from the rearview mirror. The chain of events that ended with yet another fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota began in what has become a typical tragedy — with a traffic stop for a minor infraction. The man, Daunte Wright, 20, who died Sunday after a run-in with police in a suburb of Minneapolis, was driving an SUV with expired license plates, and he also ran afoul of a Minnesota law that prohibits motorists from hanging air fresheners...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/11/2021 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday pushed back on President Joe Biden’s newly announced executive actions on gun control, saying those proposals are no more than a “show” that doesn’t actually address crimes involving guns. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Abbott rejected the idea that the president could use executive orders to limit the Second Amendment. “I think that there is no acceptable way that a president by executive order can infringe upon Second Amendment rights or alter Second Amendment rights,” the Republican governor said. “If the president...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/10/2021 The National Rifle Association (NRA) on April 9 hailed a Florida appeals court ruling to uphold a 2011 state law that threatens tough penalties if city and county officials approve gun-related regulations that are stricter than state laws. “MAJOR NRA COURT WIN: Florida appellate court upholds preemption statute and says that public officials can be fined for overriding state law and implementing local gun control,” the gun-rights group said on Twitter. “The NRA was instrumental in passing this statute and filed an amicus brief in the case.” A...

Source: New York Post Date: 4/9/2021 The Texas cabinet factory worker accused of shooting six co-workers and a state trooper in a deadly Thursday afternoon rampage has been identified as 27-year-old Larry Bollin. Bollin has since been charged with murder and is being held on a $1 million bond, police told Houston’s ABC 13. One of the shooting victims at a Kent Moore Cabinets factory in Bryan was killed, and four of the five injured workers are in critical condition, police said in a statement. A Texas DPS Trooper was also shot by Bollin, and seriously injured, during a police pursuit...

Source: Breaking 911 Date: 4/7/2021 The White House on Wednesday released what they call “Initial Actions to Address the Gun Violence Public Health Epidemic.” President Joe Biden has previously called for an ‘assault weapons ban’ and is expected to announce more executive measures regarding gun control. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing six initial actions to address the gun violence public health epidemic. The recent high-profile mass shootings in Boulder – taking the lives of 10 individuals – and Atlanta – taking the lives of eight individuals, including six Asian American...

Source: RF Angle Date: 4/7/2021 Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill on Tuesday that would ignore federal gun control laws. TWEET The bill, House Bill 2111, would ban local governments and employees from enforcing and/or aiding the federal government regarding any laws that may infringe on gun rights. “The state of Arizona and its political subdivisions are prohibited from utilizing any financial resources or state personnel to administer, cooperate with or enforce any law, act, order, rule, treaty or regulation of the federal government that is inconsistent with any law...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/8/2021 One of the largest gun rights groups in the country said it is preparing to fight a slew of executive actions from the Biden administration, claiming they’re “tyrannical” and that they will “spare no expense” in defeating them. “Gun Owners of America is wholeheartedly opposed to the unconstitutional gun control threatened today by President Biden—restrictions such as the attacks on homemade and brace equipped firearms and so-called ‘Red Flag’ Gun Confiscation Orders,” said Gun Owners of America’s Senior Vice President Erich Pratt in a statement. On...

Source: Washington Times Date: 4/8/2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has become the latest state to soon allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without first clearing a background check and training after Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed the measure into law. “I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their (Second Amendment) rights,” said Lee, a Republican approaching his reelection campaign for 2022, in a tweet. Lee initially proposed the National Rifle Association-backed legislation last year before the COVID-19...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/7/2021 President Joe Biden said he’ll make an announcement on his upcoming gun control plan on Friday, coming after reports that suggested he would sign an executive order on guns in the near future. When asked about reports saying he would take executive action soon, Biden responded in saying he would talk about his plan for gun control “the day after tomorrow.” It’s not clear if he will sign an executive order. Earlier Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that “I think he sees it as vital to take steps on two tracks because...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/7/2021 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation on April 6 that would prohibit police and sheriffs in the state from enforcing new federal gun laws that may violate the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Proponents of the bill have argued that it would ensure that the rights of gun owners are protected from what they have described as potential overreach by the federal government, while critics say the law will undermine cooperation between Arizona law enforcement and federal officials. “The state of Arizona and its political subdivisions are prohibited...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/5/2021 Chicago saw a violent weekend, with 30 shootings between Friday evening and Sunday night. Thirty-four people were shot and eight were murdered, according to statistics from the Chicago Police Department. The incidents took place between 6 p.m. on April 2 and 11:59 p.m. on April 4. Two additional shootings took place on Friday afternoon. The violence started at approximately 2:18 p.m. when a 19-year-old man was shot in the 5000 block of West Monroe. He was taken to a hospital and was last reported in good condition. No suspect was in custody. Another shooting...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/4/2021 A coalition of 22 states led by Republican attorneys general called on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule against California’s attempt to ban gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. “California politicians are at it again, convinced that their agendas should override the Constitutional rights of the people,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican said in a statement, in announcing the filing of an amicus brief. “Attempts to undermine the Second Amendment or any of our civil rights and liberties should be met with...

Source: Epoch Times Date: 4/2/2021 The Arkansas state Senate voted this week to block federal law enforcement officials enforcing certain gun laws and regulations, sending a bill to the state House in the midst of congressional gun-control proposals. The Senate voted 28-7 to approve the measure, which will then be sent to the House. Arkansas’ Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. “All acts, law, orders, rules, and regulations of the United States Government, whether past, present, or future, that infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second...