Gun Rights
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goal is to have all state regulations that are inconsistent with pro-Second Amendment cases be struck down, settled or withdrawn by the time she leaves her post.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.
Gunman with ties to ISIS dead after killing 1, wounding 2 in shooting at Old Dominion University
Authorities said two people were wounded in a shooting Thursday at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, before the gunman was killed.
D.C. Court of Appeals rules city’s gun magazine ban unconstitutional
The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that restricting firearm magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition was unconstitutional, violating the Second Amendment.
Georgia school shooting suspect’s father convicted of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter
A Georgia man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers at a high school was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter Tuesday.
Supreme Court considers drug users’ right to possess firearms
The Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the intersection of drug use and gun ownership, trying to sort out what level of marijuana use makes someone so dangerous that they lose their right to possess a firearm.
Naturalized U.S. citizen named as gunman in deadly Austin mass shooting; FBI probing for terror ties
Authorities in Austin, Texas, said a man opened fire inside a downtown bar early Sunday and killed two people and injured 14 others, before being fatally shot by police.
Father of accused Georgia school shooter testifies about hoping to bond over guns and hunting
The father of an accused Georgia school shooter testified in his own defense Friday that he gave his son the rifle used in the attack as a Christmas present in hopes of bonding with the boy over hunting and outings at the gun range.
Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police
As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who have been issued badges and guns and sent into communities.
Man killed after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun, gas can
U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who had tried to enter President Trump's estate early Sunday with a shotgun and a gas can.
Officials offering $250,000 for information on person who gunned down Atlanta-area postal worker
A postal worker was killed on the job recently in the Atlanta area, and now federal investigators are offering up to $250,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.
Opening statements to start in the trial of a Georgia high school shooting suspect’s father
Opening statements are expected Monday in the trial of a man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school in September 2024.
