Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts. Why it matters: The guns, and a surprise musical performance organized by the congressman, are additional examples of Edwards allegedly singling out the young female staffers for unusually personal attention, conduct that is now at the center of a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. - Edwards gave one staffer a blue handgun engraved with her name and the other a pink handgun. Both gifts occurred in North Carolina. - A lawyer for one of the former staffers told…
California prohibited gun stores from selling certain handguns that can easily be made fully automatic. Virginia banned the sale and manufacture of certain semiautomatic firearms.
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its recently enacted ban on Glock handguns.
The Department of Justice is challenging the state of California’s ban on Glock handguns, arguing it violates the Second Amendment and unlawfully disarms law-abiding citizens. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its recently enacted ban on Glock handguns . DETAIL: The state of California’s ban on Glocks, a widely used semi-automatic pistol, was signed by Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom on October 10, 2025. The ban went into effect on July 1, 2026. In response, on Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced a Department of Justice lawsuit to get the ban overturned. The DOJ argues that the ban violates the Second…Open
The Trump administration is undertaking the broadest firearm deregulation in years, a sweeping rollback that would let Americans ship handguns in the mail, gut Biden-era background check rules and make it harder to yank a gun dealer's license. Why it matters: The effect critics fear is more guns moving with less federal scrutiny under the proposed dismantling of a 1927 criminal statute and dozens of newer rules, including President Biden's effort to close the so-called gun show loophole. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives argues the proposed changes reduce burdens on gun owners without undermining law enforcement. - But gun violence prevention advocates stress the rollbacks benefit the gun industry at the…
The proposal comes after the Justice Department said this year that a century-old law banning the practice was unconstitutional. Democratic leaders are calling it “unlawful.”
The United States Postal Service is considering a rule change that would allow anyone to send handguns through the mail for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Former 20-year-old student Victor Hawkins allegedly opened fire on several students at the local high school, and was armed with two semi-automatic handguns.