Minnesota Supreme Court: Residents Have ‘Duty to Retreat’ Before Pulling Weapon in Self-Defense
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled residents under attack must try to retreat, when possible, before pulling a gun or other weapon in self-defense.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled residents under attack must try to retreat, when possible, before pulling a gun or other weapon in self-defense.
Kyle Rittenhouse used a social media video message to announce he will not vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.
In a supplemental letter brief submitted July 31, 2024, the U.S. Government contends that “illegal aliens” do not have Second Amendment rights.
During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate, then-presidential hopeful Kamala Harris pledged to ban AR-15s via executive action.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) used the Senate hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump to criticize the “easy accessibility” of AR-15s.
U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan pronounced New Jersey’s AR-15 ban unconstitutional on Tuesday.
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s deputy was killed just before 1:30 a.m. in a shootout during a robbery at a gas station in Chicago.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation on Monday designed to simplify the purchase rules related to firearm suppressors.
FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said the agency does not know how Donald Trump’s would-be assassin got a rifle onto the roof from which he fired.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) opened the hearing into the Trump assassination attempt Tuesday by targeting “easy access to AR-15 rifles.”
Data from Philadelphia’s City Controller indicates there have been more than 650 shooting victims in the Democrat-run city thus far in 2024.
An alleged intruder armed with a rock and a stick was shot and killed by an Oceanside, California, homeowner on Monday night just before 7:30 p.m.
At least 22 people were shot in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago during the weekend, three of whom succumbed to their wounds.
Police are searching for multiple people in connection with a shooting that erupted in Rochester, New York, Sunday evening.
A CNN report drawn from a recent survey of gun owners shows that more Americans are armed for self-defense than ever before.
At least 13 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.
The Springfield Armory DS Prodigy is a pistol that fills a niche for the working man by delivering $4,500 performance at a $1,400 price.
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris mocked “extremists” who want to allow teachers to be armed for classroom defense.
Judge Reed O’Connor decided against another ATF rule Tuesday, vacating the agency’s rule classifying forced reset triggers as “machineguns.”
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) noted that, while Democrats are targeting AR-15s, many hunting rifles are “more accurate than a lot of ARs.”
The Memphis City Council approved a referendum Tuesday to allow city residents to choose to implement and citywide “assault weapon” ban, a prohibition on constitutional carry, and a red flag law, among other gun controls.
Chicago and Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety expanded their lawsuit against Glock by adding two area gun stores.
Presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris pushed an “assault weapons” ban and other gun controls Biden has pushed for years.
A Trigg County, Kentucky, homeowner shot and killed an alleged intruder late Friday night following an altercation.
On Monday, former Navy SEAL and current U.S. Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ-2) posted a video of himself standing on the sloped roof from which Trump’s would-be assassin fired, and he noted that a Secret Service sniper team on the nearby water tower would have eliminated the shooter before he even got into position.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) targeted concealed carry and concealed carry permit holders following the failed AR-15-based assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Rep. Gerald Connelly (D) lost it when Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle refused to play along and criticize privately owned firearms.
During Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the U.S. Secret Service, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) urged his congressional colleagues to “find the courage” to ban AR-15 rifles.
Nine people were shot, three of them fatally, when multiple gunmen opened fire during a party in Philadelphia Sunday around 2 a.m.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) told a “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” audience on Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats should ban “assault weapons” in a show of unity.
Republican VP candidate JD Vance said his mamaw kept 19 loaded handguns hidden throughout her house so one was “always within arm’s length.”
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R) defended private ownership of AR-15 rifles at the Republican National Convention Tuesday and warned that allowing Democrats to restrict them equates to “letting the fox into the henhouse.”
The would-be assassin who opened fire on Trump Saturday used a rifle that he borrowed from his father under the guise of going to the range.
President Joe Biden is protected by many of the very guns he criticized Tuesday and claims he wants to “outlaw.”
A three-judge panel for the United State Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday found that Minnesota’s ban against 18-20 year-olds seeking permits to carry handguns for self defense is unconstitutional.
During Monday’s airing of ABC’s The View, host Joy Behar suggested a “20 year-old white guy” buying 50 rounds of ammunition “should be reported.”
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke to the NAACP and called for Congress to “outlaw” AR-15s and similar rifles in the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle admitted that police were in the building from the top of which a would-be assassin fired at Donald Trump.
During an interview two days after the attempt on former President Trump’s life, Secret Service director Kim Cheatle said the buck the stops with her but she is not resigning.
Breitbart News spoke to sources who criticized the Secret Service’s supplemental approach to protection details following Saturday’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.