Gun Rights
Man accused of Trump assassination attempt at WHCA dinner pleads not guilty
The man accused of sprinting past the Secret Service with guns and knives and attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner pleaded not guilty to four federal criminal charges.
Neither rain nor sleet — nor a handgun: USPS nears rule to allow pistols in mail
The U.S. Postal Service is nearing completion of a rule that would allow people to ship handguns through the regular mail, undercutting the oldest federal firearms law in existence and drawing fierce criticism from both sides of the gun debate.
Shooting at lake near Oklahoma City sends at least 12 people to hospitals
A shooting Sunday night at a party at a lake near Oklahoma City sent at least 12 people to hospitals, according to police and hospital officials.
North Carolina mom charged after gun found in son’s backpack
A North Carolina mother is facing misdemeanor charges after a gun was found in her young son's backpack on the school bus.
ATF releases landmark package aimed at bolstering, clarifying Second Amendment rights
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and newly confirmed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Robert Cekada unveiled a package of 34 proposed and final rules Wednesday to scale back and revise Biden-era gun regulations.
Gunman, reportedly age 89, opens fire at 2 locations in Greek capital, wounding several people
Local media aired security camera footage that it said was from a local store near the Social Security office, which showed a man walking calmly across the street carrying what appears to be a short-barreled shotgun in his right hand.
D.C. court renews magazine ban, plans to rehear case
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday restored a city prohibition on gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds until a rehearing of the case.
Feds won’t return rapid-fire trigger switches to Democrat-led states
Democrat-led states agreed to drop a lawsuit Thursday after the federal government said it would not send trigger devices, which can make semiautomatic firearms mimic machine guns, to people in states where the devices are banned by law.
Four arrested as part of crackdown on illegal car rallies in Montgomery County
Montgomery County police said they arrested four people involved in two illegal street takeovers, including one who shot two people during a car rally in a grocery store parking garage in Kensington, Maryland.
Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court
The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wants a judge to ban cameras from the courtroom and says live broadcasts of the prosecution are violating his right to a fair trial.
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, self inside their home, police say
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife early Thursday before taking his own life inside their Annandale home, police said.
Spanberger approves, amends several Virginia gun control laws
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed six gun-control bills and amended four others that reached her desk last month.
Clock ticking until tranche of gun control bills becomes law in Virginia
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has just a few hours to decide whether she will sign gun control legislation that would transform firearm rights in the commonwealth.
Second Amendment groups rip D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro over hurting gun rights case
Pro-firearms organizations criticized U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro for trying to set back a key gun rights case after she signed onto a Justice Department brief seeking to revisit a major pro-Second Amendment ruling from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Virginians for Fair Maps airs first TV ad campaign fighting Democrats’ partisan redistricting plan
An organization drumming up opposition to Virginia's April 21 referendum on Democrats' gerrymandering plan ran its first TV ad.
Shots fired near White House, no injuries reported
The U.S. Secret Service said shots were fired early Sunday in Lafayette Park just north of the White House.
DOJ arming with Second Amendment lawyers to take on tranche of state gun control laws
Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, says her office's goal is to have all state regulations that are inconsistent with pro-Second Amendment cases be struck down, settled or withdrawn by the time she leaves her post.
ATF scrutinized for enforcing pistol brace rule years after court killed the regulation
Second Amendment advocates are questioning why the Justice Department is still treating any pistol with a stabilizing brace as a short-barreled rifle that requires registration for a tax stamp, despite a 2023 court ruling that struck down the rule.
WATCH: A look at the 10 gun bills could reshape Virginia
I'm Kerry Picket, White House correspondent at The Washington Times, and I'm breaking down the 10 gun control bills currently on the desk of Virginia Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger waiting for her approval.
Ten gun control bills waiting for Spanberger’s signature
Ten gun control bills are currently on the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, waiting for her approval.