TOWNS COUNTY, GA — On the afternoon of July 15, 2024, Bruce Douglas Partin Jr., a 39-year-old inmate trustee from the Towns County Detention Center, escaped from a work detail at the Towns County Transfer Station. Despite deploying drones and a K9 tracking unit, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office was initially unable to locate him.…

Next Post Coming Soon...▶ The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday that oral arguments for its upcoming case involving the government’s ban on so-called “ghost guns” will begin on Oct. 8. It is the lone gun-related challenge on the court’s fall docket. The case, VanDerStok v. Garland, challenges the Department of Justice’s 2022 Final Rule that…

CADIZ, KY — A self-defense incident unfolded in the early hours of July 20, 2024, in Trigg County, resulting in the death of 25-year-old Austin Gardner of Cadiz. The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 has identified Gardner as the individual who entered the residence of Cody Parker, 21, also of Cadiz. The Kentucky State…

Next Post Coming Soon...▶ In cruising the news headlines each day in search of gun-related news, including legitimate stories of defensive gun use, we come across a lot of stories where people “claim” self-defense, but it later turns out to be anything but. In a number of cases, it’s a suspect claim right from the…

CHICAGO, IL — An attempted carjacking on the Far South Side of Chicago escalated into a shootout between the suspects and an off-duty Chicago Police Department officer early Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. on the 10800 block of South Campbell Avenue. According to police reports, the off-duty officer was confronted by armed…

Screen shot from VCDL video Next Post Coming Soon...▶ While most lawmakers used Monday’s congressional hearing featuring now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to try to determine what exactly happened to allow a would-be assassin to shoot former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, one congressman twisted the hearing to push his anti-gun agenda. Democrat…

A Denver resident fatally shot an intruder in their apartment near the University of Denver early Sunday morning. Police are investigating the incident, and the resident is cooperating. DENVER, CO (1-minute read) — Early Sunday morning, an intruder was fatally shot at an apartment near the University of Denver campus. According to the Denver Police…

President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Next Post Coming Soon...▶ President Joe Biden’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has taken another shot to the chin over the agency’s propensity to make laws rather than enforce them. On Thursday, a federal judge in Texas overturned the administration’s ban on forced reset triggers, which automatically…

Next Post Coming Soon...▶ District Judge Christopher C. Conner with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued an order granting summary judgment to SAF and its partners, finding the state’s law banning carry of a firearm in a vehicle without a license unconstitutional. He further declared that a ban on firearms…

OGDEN, UT — A homeowner in Ogden reported that he and a neighbor shot two pit bulls in self-defense on Monday after the dogs cornered, attacked, and charged at them. Dane Wise recounted the incident, explaining that the dogs entered his cul-de-sac in the evening while he was working on his truck in a covered…