U.S. News & Gun Watch

Iran issues new retaliation threat against American military bases, while Trump announces plans for a D.C. arch amid other national stories including a child killed in a potential road rage shooting.

Democrats are targeting vulnerable Republican-leaning districts for the 2026 midterms by recruiting working-class candidates like ER nurse Mitchell Berman to flip a battleground Wisconsin House seat.

Key national developments today:

• Supreme Court rules 5-4 allowing Trump to continue his ballroom construction
• Pentagon places military influencers...

The U.S. faces a six-month Iran war stalemate with covert Moscow diplomacy and aggressive sanctions amid ongoing threats.

• Key deals: $100 billion...

• Bench trial opens Monday for Bruce Foster III, facing four aggravated murder counts in the 2025 KDC/One warehouse attack.
• Foster pleaded not...

Buffalo police seized 437 firearms and made 282 gun arrests this year, keeping gun violence below average. Shooting incidents fell 46% below the 10-year average, homicides dropped 59%, and overall violent crime declined 8% from last year.

Gov. Spanberger signed legislation expanding firearm bans to dating partners, closing the "intimate partner loophole", yet nearly every Republican...

After fatal school shootings, pro-gun PACs boost contributions in competitive districts by over 30 percent on average, surging dramatically near...

Adam Winkler warns the Supreme Court's Hemani and Wolford rulings create a 'mess' by striking down laws lacking 1700s-1800s analogs, potentially dooming background checks and felon bans. The Bruen test leaves lower courts unpredictable.

Personal protection now motivates 72% of gun owners, but mass shootings continue climbing in public spaces. A trained civilian halted the Twin Falls...

A new South Carolina law lets school boards weigh whether a student knowingly brought a weapon before deciding on expulsion.

• Officers cited a vehicle for suspended tags near Lexington Market and waited for a tow when the owner approached
• Driver initially denied...

At least 17 people were shot, 4 fatally, across Chicago this weekend, with 12 victims—including all homicides—hit between 9 p.m. Saturday and 7:30...

• Virginia gun shops have returned ARs and high-capacity handguns to shelves while the state's ban challenge stays pending Supreme Court review.
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The Supreme Court will examine whether AR-15s qualify as protected "arms" and how far governments can restrict common firearm features.

• Core issue:...

Recent legal and investigative updates in high-profile cases:

• Mississippi sentencing: Cameron Brand received two life sentences plus 40 years for...

Two recent incidents underscore varied campus dangers from planned attacks to weapons possession.

• Former Campbell University student arrested for...

Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers, untraceable and illegal in states like New York, with over 45,000 reported to ATF from 2016-2021.

A...

• Phased launch starts September 25, 2026 for invited applicants, expands to 5,000 public applicants on November 4, then 500 more in January 2027 with...

• Kansas plea: A resident urged lawmakers to close loopholes allowing violent felons to own guns after her neighbor killed his family, only to receive...