Tag: Illegal firearms
Texas Senate advance bill allowing handguns without license
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would allow people to carry a handgun without a license, and the background check and training that go with it,...
Chicago police say gun violence is on the rise this year
CHICAGO — Chicago has seen a significant increase in shootings and homicides so far this year, compared with the first four months of 2020,...
Driver at California protest agrees to admit gun violations
LOS ANGELES — A California man who drove a pickup truck through a crowd protesting the death of George Floyd last year has agreed...
Chicago man charged in road-rage shooting that wounded child
CHICAGO — Attempted murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a road-rage shooting on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive earlier this month that...
Spain: police bust clandestine gun workshop using 3D printer
MADRID — Spanish police said Sunday that they have uncovered the first workshop using a 3D printer to make illegal firearms in the country....
EXPLAINER: Can cops stop drivers for hanging air fresheners?
The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police pulled her...
Feds charge Minnesota man tied to violent boogaloo movement
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man whom authorities describe as a self-proclaimed member of the anti-government “boogaloo” movement and had an interest in killing police...
S. Carolina senator suggests everyone be made militia member
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina senator has a proposal to make sure no federal law can ever seize guns — make everyone over...
Ex-San Diego deputy sentenced to jail for illegal gun sales
SAN DIEGO — A former San Diego County sheriff’s captain who used his law enforcement credentials to run a gun trafficking business was sentenced...
Federal look into Breonna Taylor’s death casts a wider net
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Their numbers have dwindled since protesters first flooded Louisville’s streets after police fatally shot Breonna Taylor in her home a year...
