Jul 29 Judge bars former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre from working for group for 10 years By Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Judge Joel Cohen declined to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the gun rights group's finances. Continue reading
Jun 14 6 things to know about the Supreme Court's decision on bump stocks By Associated Press The court's conservative majority said Friday that then-President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its authority with the 2019 ban on the firearm attachment, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns. Continue reading
Jun 14 Supreme Court strikes down bump stock ban By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The high court found 6-3 the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival with assault rifles in 2017. Continue reading
Jun 12 Woman taken into custody after armed standoff at FBI building in Seattle, authorities say By Associated Press A woman armed with a handgun was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle on Wednesday, authorities said. Continue reading
Jun 11 Hunter Biden convicted of 3 felony charges in federal gun trial By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Jurors found Hunter Biden guilty of lying to a federally licensed gun dealer, making a false claim on the application by saying he was not a drug user and illegally having the gun for 11 days. Continue reading
Jun 10 Hunter Biden gun trial jurors begin deliberations By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Randall Chase, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press In his closing argument, the prosecutor pointed to deeply personal testimony, text messages, photos and Hunter Biden's own words in his 2021 memoir to argue that the president's son clearly knew he was in the throes of a crack addiction… Continue reading
May 21 Hunter Biden's appeal to halt his federal gun trial is rejected By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to pause the case against the president's son while his challenges to the prosecution on multiple fronts play out. His bid to dismiss the case had previously been rejected by a… Continue reading
May 20 Hunter Biden presses for delay in federal gun trial set to begin next month By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Defense attorneys for the president's son argued Monday there isn't an urgent need to start the trial on June 3, shortly before the scheduled start of another trial on tax charges in California. Continue reading
May 18 Trump urges gun owners to vote in 2024 as he receives NRA endorsement By Adriana Gomez Licon, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump urged gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas on Saturday. Continue reading
Apr 22 Supreme Court will hear 'ghost gun' regulation case By Maria Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. Continue reading