The complaint points out that five predominantly black Chicago neighborhoods have astronomical homicide rates when compared to the national rate, and lower school test scores as a result. (Photo: Chicago Police) Arguing that exposure to gun violence violates civil rights and disabilities law, three Chicago women filed a class action lawsuit against the state of
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3D gun developer Cody Wilson was brought back to the U.S. by federal agents and was handed over to state authorities in connection to a sexual assault charge. Wilson, 30, was returned to the U.S. over the weekend from Taiwan after local immigration authorities reportedly took him into custody and expelled him from that country
Cody Wilson, left, was arrested in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday for charges sexual assault in Texas. (Photo: Central News Agency via Taiwan News) Taiwanese authorities arrested 3D-printed gun advocate Cody Wilson in Taipei City on Friday, mere days after Texas authorities filed charges against him for sexual assault of a minor, Taiwan News reported. Although
UPDATE: Cody Wilson was reportedly arrested by Taiwanese authorities Friday night. Click here for the story. Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, roughly the state’s version of the FBI, have begun a “preventive investigation” into Wilson’s whereabouts. (Photo: DefDist) The controversial 3D gun pioneer may be settling into a new life in non-extradition Taiwan as authorities in
Wilson, 31, is now wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service. The high-profile leader of an effort to distribute digital gun plans is now wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on sexual assault charges. Cody Wilson, head of Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, which is geared to supply 3D firearm files and desktop milling units, is the
A gunfight between police an armed felon near Chicago saw a local concealed carry permit holder lend a hand. The incident occurred last Thursday at about 5:17 p.m. when Cicero Police Officer Luis Duarte and his partner attempted to pull over a black Mercedes driving erratically near I-55. The occupant of the Mercedes, Daniel Mageo,
A study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association purports more people suffer when active shooters use semiautomatic rifles. Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston analyzed FBI data on nearly 250 mass shootings since 2000 — excluding the Las Vegas massacre as a “major outlier” and San Bernardino because
Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley attending a city council meeting in March 2018. (Photo: John Minchillo/AP Photo) Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley condemned the country’s “plague of gun violence” after a deadly downtown shooting left four dead and two wounded Thursday. “Random mass shootings, which plague our country, are not normal and we as a country cannot
Earlier this year Walmart raised the minimum age for gun sales to 21 in a policy shift but in turn, opened themselves to age discrimination complaints. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com) An 18-year-old who went to the retailer to buy her first gun and was rebuffed took the matter to the state, who agrees she was discriminated
Douglas Haig, seen in a February news conference after being charged with selling armor-piercing bullets to Stephen Paddock, the gunman behind the Las Vegas massacre. (Photo: Brian Skoloff/AP) A federal grand jury indicted an Arizona man this week for actions stemming from his connection to the gunman in the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting,
Authorities say a naked man was taken into custody by sheriffs deputies in rural Iron County, Utah on Tuesday afternoon after he was shot multiple times by residents of a home he was attempting to burglarize. Christian Holbert, 24, was shot by the elderly homeowners after he refused to leave and reportedly kicked in their
The aftermath of a string of thefts from a New York gun shop has sparked the seizure of the store’s remaining inventory by police. Working in conjunction with state and federal authorities, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has stepped in and taken temporary custody of the firearms that once graced the racks of Chinappi’s Firearms
Former NYPD Lieutenant Paul Dean, center, exits a federal courthouse in Manhattan after being arrested and charged with two counts to conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of extortion, Manhattan, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Photo: Newsday) A former lieutenant with the New York Police Department admitted this week in federal court he conspired to
A composite photo shows a still from the Circle A Food Store surveillance video with a prostrate Michael Drejka in front of Markeis McGlockton on July 19, as well as a booking photo of Drejika from this week. A man involved in a fatal shooting, which the local sheriff initially deemed did not justify an
Kellie Collins, a former model who ran as a progressive candidate for a seat in Congress last year, is taking a break from politics and currently facing murder charges. (Photo: McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office) A Georgia Democrat who ran for Congress last year on a gun control ticket is now in jail on murder charges.
Maura Healey, a Democrat facing reelection in November, has been coming out swinging against 3D guns (Photo: Healey’s office) A notice posted by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Thursday warned that those who print 3D guns in the state risk both their freedom and treasure in doing so. The warning, issued jointly by Healey
The national gun control group is backing a lawsuit against the big box retailer over the sale of a replica muzzleloader to a felon who later used it to kill an Ohio man. The Brady Campaign, representing the family of slain 21-year-old Bryan Galliher, filed the action against Cabela’s in the Common Pleas Court of
Burkett as an expert trainer on three seasons of the History Channel’s Top Shot program and later on NBC Sports Network’s 3-Gun Nation in a similar role (Photo: Screenshot) A well-known competitive shooter and cable channel personality this week entered a guilty plea in a case involving defrauding a gun dealer of $50,000. Matt Burkett,
The gun control group are seeking damages from Cabela’s and owner Bass Pro over a 2016 sale of a pistol that was later used in a deadly drive-by shooting. (Photo: Cabela’s) A national gun control group is going after the big box retailer over the sale of a pistol that was later traded by a
ATF Firearms Specialist Richard Vasquez is surrounded by a cache of firearms in the gun vault on March 5, 2010, at the ATF National Tracing Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Vasquez has since retired from the agency. (Photo: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Gun traces spiked double digits in 2017, according to federal
Toronto Mayor John Tory led a call for more gun control soon after a shooting that left two dead and 13 injured this week in Canada’s largest city. Toronto Police are investigating the shooting which happened late Sunday night on Danforth Avenue in the crowded Greektown enclave where a man with a handgun opened fire,
MGM Resorts International, parent company of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, sued more than 1,000 shooting victims in Nevada federal court last week. (Photo: John Locher/AP Photo) MGM Resorts International filed suit against more than 1,000 victims of the Las Vegas shooting last week, according to documents filed in Nevada federal court. The umbrella company
Academy Sports have seen their social media pages flooded with angry comments since the firing of an assistant manager who tackled a suspected gun thief. (Photo: Screenshot) A Florida man canned by the big box retailer has accepted an offer to come back to work following a public backlash over his termination. In an update
A Massachusetts man could spend decades in prison after federal investigators allege he sold at least five firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun, throughout the state last year. Rathsomnang Neth, 22, faces one count of dealing in firearms without a license and two counts of possessing and transferring an unregistered shotgun with a shortened barrel, according to
Instead of accolades, a Florida sporting good store manager was given his walking papers after he stopped a man from running out of the store with a stolen handgun. Dean Crouch, 32, sprang into action last month to physically stop a man later identified as Jason White from leaving his store with a .40-caliber Glock
A Cook County judge is off the bench following a misdemeanor weapons charge after a gun fell out of his jacket at the courthouse, The Chicago Tribune reports. Judge Joseph Claps, 70, was reassigned to what was described as non-judicial duties pending an incident that occurred at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse last week. Claps was
A Milwaukee food service worker with a carry permit had enough after another waitress was attacked by an irate customer. In the above video from Wisconsin ABC affiliates, a man is seen going behind the counter of the George Webb restaurant on June 29 before he viciously punches a female manager/waitress. In response, a second
A joint operation between the Los Angeles Police Department and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives wrapped up a six-month investigation with the arrest this week of 10 suspects with ties to an East Los Angeles criminal street gang. The investigation, began in January, targeted criminals selling so-called “ghost guns,” or homemade firearms
Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico when it made landfall Sept. 20, 2017. (Photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) Nearly a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s recorded gun sales remain higher than ever, federal data shows. Licensed dealers have transferred more than 18,000 firearms since September 2017, a 37 percent increase over the same
An event by neighborhood organizers in San Francisco last weekend netted 187 gun and gun-like objects. The gun “buyback,” the seventh annual event organized by United Playaz, offered $100 cash for handguns and $200 for guns considered “assault weapons,” no question’s asked. The firearms were handled by the San Francisco and are destined to be
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