Firearms - Page 2

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced a new bill to parliament that would stop the import, purchase and sale of handguns as well as prevent their transfer across Canada, in his government’s latest move to restrict firearms.

Twice as many people died in traffic accidents than were killed in firearm homicides in the United States in 2020.

Miliary-grade weaponry in Ukraine is allegedly being sold on to international buyers on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, including some hardware made in the United States.

Three home invaders have been sentenced for holding a gun to a man’s head in front of his son and fiancée and brutalising his pet dog during a burglary in multicultural Manchester.

California Democrat lawmakers are fighting to suppress firearm advertising and marketing, particularly any such advertising and marketing they believe to be directed to minors. 

A Canadian NGO has warned that Western weapons shipped to Ukraine could not only end up in Russian hands but may even end up being sold on the international black market.

The Ukrainian parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada, on Wednesday passed a bill greatly expanding civilian access to firearms.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast that President Joe Biden’s “deliberate” and “intentional” facilitation of illegal immigration across the southern border by millions of foreign nationals may lead to impeachment if Republicans win majorities in Congress.

Lancaster Online reported Tuesday that agents with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, (ATF) seized firearms from an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania’s Leacock Township. 

Video shows two students were brutally beat down outside of a Staten Island high school Monday, where sources say one of two aggressors pistol-whipped one of the students.

Conservative writer and presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour was slammed after jokingly pointing a rifle at journalists at a trade show.  

A local who works in the Stockholm no-go suburb of Tensta has said the area has begun to resemble the “Wild West” due to the continued number of shootings taking place.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) faced an online backlash Sunday after publicizing claims racism is “foundational” to the Second Amendment and its inclusion in the Bill of Rights. Critics  accused the civil rights group of spreading misinformation and abandoning its own founding principles.

The senate of the Czech Republic has approved adding a right to self-defence with a weapon to its Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms following a successful petition campaign.

The number of arrests for gun crimes in Sweden has dramatically increased since 2017 from 64 to 340 arrests last year, with over 1,300 weapons seized in 2020.

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) is sponsoring legislation to designate the firearm industry as “critical infrastructure.”

A plan by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) would notify federal immigration officials when illegal aliens attempt to purchase firearms. 

The same Facebook social media platform that bans your gun ads spent over $23 million on security for Mark Zuckerberg in 2020. 

A report from Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) shows handgun and long gun imports to the U.S. surged 60 percent in 2020 from the previous year.

A report by the Washington Examiner’s Byron York outlines January’s Capitol rioters were armed with bear spray, not guns.

Investigators found an arsenal of weapons including explosives in a Paris suburb after raiding a local drug trafficking network.

Hogue HandALL Beavertail Grip Sleeves are rubber, slip-on sleeves with a precise fit, designed to enable gun owners to hold their pistols more securely in their hands.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates 434 million firearms were manufactured for private ownership over the last 25 years alone. 

Americans underwent over 21 million background checks and purchased nearly 23 million firearms during 2020.

Police arrested a 22-year-old Syrian migrant in the Evros region near the Greek border with Turkey in possession of ten Turkish-made Zoraki pistols.

Police have arrested an 18-year-old man near a high school in the commune of Lunéville on suspicion of plotting to murder police officers while armed with a sawn-off shotgun and a machete.

Rapper Lil Wayne, who recently voiced support for President Donald Trump’s plan for black Americans, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison, according to multiple reports.

A 24-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from a loaded .25 caliber handgun police found “concealed in his rear end.”

Donald Trump needs allies in the House of Representatives, said former Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), commenting on congressional campaign.

An op-ed published by the Washington Post explains Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s proposed gun controls would be “terrible for working class firearm owners.”

German police have entered their third day of a manhunt for 31-year-old Yves Etienne Rausch, who is accused of pulling a firearm on four officers and disarming them during a police check.

Gabriel Wortman, the attacker who killed 22 victims in Nova Scotia April 18-19, 2020, killed nearly half those victims with fire rather than firearms.

A man in Chatham, England has been arrested by police after shooting a gun from his balcony as he live-streamed the incident on social media.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – New Zealand authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place after owners handed in more than 50,000 guns during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons. But critics say the process was flawed and many owners have illegally stashed their firearms.

Police in Hong Kong fined a Russian man $3,000 (about $383 USD) for trying to smuggle used tear gas shells and rubber bullet casings back to his country as a souvenir, local media reports. 

A U.S. Secret Service study examining school shootings between 2008 and 2017 shows that all shooters “exhibited concerning behaviors” prior to carrying out their attacks.