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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada’s Liberal Party is now looking to ban guns used for hunting that are “too dangerous in other contexts.” His comments come as Canadian lawmakers are working on a major gun control package. The Canadian Parliament has been wrangling for months over proposed Bill C-21, which started out as a [...]

un control advocates successfully pressured the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into hiding one of its own studies on defensive use of firearms, triggering lawmakers to question where the agency’s loyalties lie. The CDC deleted from its website a study estimating as many as 2.5 million defensive gun uses in the U.S. [...]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a letter December 27 which reiterates that “partially complete pistol frames” are “firearms.” The letter makes clear this designation is part of ATF Final Rule 2021-05F, which places new controls on gun parts kits and firearms which Democrats describe as “ghost guns.” Read more...

A 2-year-old boy in Maine shot his parents Wednesday morning with a gun he picked up from a nightstand, a report said. The toddler’s 25-year-old father was hit in the head, and the mother, 22, was struck in the leg in the shooting at their home in West Bath, WMTW reported, citing Sagadahoc County Sheriff [...]

(The Center Square) – The third and final hearing of Illinois’ proposed gun and magazine ban for the year was held earlier this week and lawmakers could take action on the bill as early as next month. Tuesday’s hearing featured groups advocating for the proposed ban on certain semi-automatic guns and magazines over 10 rounds. [...]

A 19-year-old man in Florida is under arrest after he allegedly shot and killed a beloved great-grandmother and wounded two other victims who survived their injuries, police say. Read more...

Police are investigating at least five armed carjackings where gunmen robbed victims of their vehicles and belongings in Waukegan this week. The armed vehicular hijacking incidents occurred between Tuesday and Friday. Read more...

VILLA PARK, Ill. — A Rosemont man is charged with threatening a Villa Park police officer on Christmas Eve after allegedly threatening to shoot the law enforcement official. Ryan McGovern, 24, faces one felony count of threatening a public official following an altercation outside Demito’s Saloon on Kenilworth Avenue in Villa Park just before 1:30 [...]

A Round Lake man who was charged with fatally shooting a 77-year-old man in the head at a Fox Lake apartment has now been charged with threatening a woman with a rifle on the night of the murder. Azmi Ibrahim Jr., 37, of the 300 block of Lunar Drive in Round Lake, was charged in McHenry [...]

A Waukegan man has been charged with murder after a man in his 20s and a second man were both shot, one of them fatally, at Stretch’s Sports Bar and Grill in Waukegan on Christmas Eve. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 2:20 a.m. Saturday to Stretch’s Sports Bar and Grill, located at 200 North [...]