A convicted felon allegedly caught by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies in Coachella with a rifle, culminating in an investigation that led to the seizure of a large quantity of drugs, including fentanyl, was being held Friday on $50,000 bail.
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(CNN) — The National Rifle Association of America, the nation’s foremost gun lobby, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy, according court documents filed Friday in the Northern District of Texas. The group plans to leave New York State, where it was founded in 1871, and reincorporate as a Texas nonprofit in a move it is calling […]
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An Eastvale man was behind bars Thursday after authorities say they found in his home counterfeit money, high-capacity AR-15 magazines and methamphetamine thought to be for sale. Michael De La Madrid, 35, was arrested Tuesday when authorizes served a search warrant related to narcotics sales in the 5800 block of Hamner Avenue, according to the […]
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A 13-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot other students and staff at Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School in the Willowbrook area, and sheriff’s officials said Friday he had an unregistered AR-15 rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition in his possession. The unidentified student allegedly made threatening remarks on campus Thursday, suggesting […]
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Colt, the manufacturer of the AR-15 rifle, has announced it’s exiting the consumer rifle market as demand for high-powered, semi-automatic guns wanes. The consumer market for rifles has “experienced significant excess manufacturing capacity” and there’s too much supply of AR-15 guns on the market to justify making more, the company said in a statement. Colt will […]
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Less than a month before two deadly shootings took the lives of 29 people in one weekend, another mass shooting was stopped. A Lubbock, Texas man, identified as William Patrick Williams, 19, was arrested by special agents of the FBI and ATF, the US Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Texas announced Friday. Williams was allegedly contemplating a […]
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Gun owners’ rights groups are asking a federal judge to overturn a California law raising the age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. The Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Second Amendment Foundation sued Monday in federal court in San Diego, contending that those over 18 are legally […]
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Two Arkansas men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after police say they shot each other while taking turns wearing a bulletproof vest. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 50-year-old Charles Ferris and 36-year-old Christopher Hicks were arrested Monday. A police affidavit says the two men are neighbors and were drinking on a […]
