CHICAGO, IL — A 16-year-old suspect was shot early Tuesday morning after a failed carjacking attempt on the city’s South Side. The incident occurred at approximately 5:20 a.m. near 82nd Street and Ashland Avenue in the Gresham neighborhood. According to local media, a 47-year-old man was sitting in his Toyota Camry when he was approached…

A 16-year-old was shot during a carjacking attempt on Chicago’s South Side when an armed driver defended himself. The suspect was injured, while others fled in the victim’s car. CHICAGO, IL (2-minute read) — A carjacking early in the morning on Chicago’s South Side ended with one of the teenage suspects being shot by an…

What’s a gun-hating government to do if they pretty much ban guns but violent criminals continue plying their trade of robbery, rape and assault? In South Africa, banning replica guns—many of them nothing more than kids’ toys—just might be the next move. According to a report at iol.co.za, that’s what Cape Town Provincial Thembisile…

Shutterstock A new Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit questions how FBI and DEA gun parts slated for destruction ended up in a “ghost gun” seized during a criminal investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Agency are being accused of storing the pistol parts where they…

We’ve reported recently how Massachusetts’ sweeping new anti-gun law, launched early by an emergency preamble attached to it by Gov. Maura Healey, is facing a lot of pushback from pro-freedom groups. Not only have two lawsuits already been filed to challenge the law in court, but an initiative petition to get a question on…

MIAMI GARDENS, FL (1-minute read) — A Miami Gardens mother saved her children’s lives when an intruder broke into their home on March 4, back in 2017. Surveillance footage showed the suspect entering while the woman was inside with her 10-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. Reacting swiftly, the mother grabbed her shotgun, prepared to defend…

The Beretta M9, the US military’s adopted version of the Beretta 92FS, was adopted amid a flurry of controversy during the acquisitions process. Despite some growing pains (and slides flying off), the M9 eventually grew into a long serving sidearm, familiar to any who served from the mid 80s through early GWOT. Consider it no…

Few things are more frustrating to lawful gun owners than politicians trying to fund one government program or another by placing additional taxes on them, even though they played no hand whatsoever in causing the problem being addressed. Such is the case in Colorado where a ballot initiative would place an additional 6.5% excise…

A 25-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced on October 18, facing up to two decades in state prison after pleading guilty to making multiple firearms straw purchases at gun stores across Bucks County according to authorities. A straw purchase is defined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as buying a firearm for…