Tag: firearm

Bank Chiefs Grilled On Restricting Gun Sales Via Firearm-Specific Merchant Codes

All seven bank chiefs testifying before Congress on Thursday committed to upholding the Second Amendment by promising not to restrict sales of guns following the adoption of new firearm-specific transaction codes that have sparked concern over whether the tracking data might be used by payment processors to curb sales of guns and ammunition. The CEOs…


Credit Card Giants to Categorize Gun-Related Sales Separately, NRA Condemns ‘Erosion of Rights’

Visa announced Saturday that it is ready to join other major credit card companies to tag firearms-related purchases, a move that Second Amendment advocates argue would only put lawful gun owners under surveillance. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a Switzerland-based group that sets and monitors quality standards for industries of all types, on Friday…


Rapper A$AP Rocky Charged With Felony Assault With a Firearm

LOS ANGELES—Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm….


Firearm Used to Kill Three People in Montreal Was Illegally Acquired Police Say

Quebec police say the gun used to kill three people in the Montreal area this week was acquired illegally. Provincial police spokeswoman Geneviève Gagnon says 26-year-old Abdulla Shaikh, who is suspected of killing the three men at random, did not have a firearms license. But she says police still don’t know how he obtained a…


Firearm Companies Say Packages Shipped With UPS Being Damaged, Disappearing: Reports

A number of firearm companies have seen their shipments with UPS become damaged or go missing while on route to customers, while others have allegedly had their corporate accounts canceled by the parcel service, according to a report by Bearing Arms, a pro-Second Amendment news site. Patrick Collins, CEO of The Gun Food, an ammunition supply company, told the…


[Premiering 7/08 at 1PM ET] Over 90 Percent of Mass Shootings Happen in Gun-Free Zones | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul I had the chance to sit down with Maj Toure, the co-founder of Black Guns Matter—an educational movement designed to enlighten those in urban communities to the lifestyle of being a responsible gun owner. Toure holds free instructional classes in urban communities across America teaching responsible gun…


[Premiering at 1PM ET] Over 90 Percent of Mass Shootings Happen in Gun-Free Zones | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul I had the chance to sit down with Maj Toure, the co-founder of Black Guns Matter—an educational movement designed to enlighten those in urban communities to the lifestyle of being a responsible gun owner. Toure holds free instructional classes in urban communities across America teaching responsible gun…


Over 90 Percent of Mass Shootings Happen in Gun-Free Zones | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul I had the chance to sit down with Maj Toure, the co-founder of Black Guns Matter—an educational movement designed to enlighten those in urban communities to the lifestyle of being a responsible gun owner. Toure holds free instructional classes in urban communities across America teaching responsible gun…


Rapper Roddy Ricch Arrested on Gun Charges in New York

NEW YORK—Roddy Ricch is facing gun charges after being arrested on his way to perform at a concert Saturday night. According to police, the 23-year-old rapper was arriving at Citi Field on Saturday evening when a private security firm operating a checkpoint noticed a firearm in the vehicle he was riding in. The Los Angeles-based…


DA Seeking Death Penalty in Georgia Country Club Slayings

By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course. Bryan Anthony Rhoden faces three counts of murder and a host of other charges on July 3, 2021, slayings at Pinetree…