The family of eight was unaware of what was happening, and what was about to happen.
Video shows the carjacker in the peach shirt, confronting the father in the white shirt.
The father struggles as the carjacker is trying to drive off with the family’s car with family members still inside. After nearly a minute of struggle, the carjacker, who’s in the driver’s seat, is shot by the father while he stands outside the car and near the passenger side door.
A teen who tried to rob a victim during a watch sale in Miami Gardens wound up hospitalized after he was shot by the victim, police said.
The incident happened around 6:20 p.m. Sunday when the victim met with the 17-year-old in the area of Northwest 187th Street and Northwest 44th Avenue to sell a watch, Miami Gardens Police officials said.
During the transaction, the teen pulled out a gun and tried to take the watch, but the victim pushed the teen and opened fire, hitting the teen in the hand, police said.
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The Supreme Court of Maryland has ruled in favor of Maryland Shall Issue on several issues in a case challenging a Montgomery County ordinance. The lawsuit was commenced in 2021. On April 28, 2026, on x.com, Maryland Shall Issue posted this:
The Supreme Court of Maryland issued its decision today in our challenge to the Montgomery County ordinance that basically banned carry by permit holders through out the County. On that issue we completely prevailed and the County lost.
In 2021, Montgomery County, Maryland, the State's most populous county, enacted an ordinance which severely infringed on rights protected by the Second Amendment. Maryland has a significant set of preemption statutes to prevent local governments from interfering with state law concerning firearms.
Maryland Shall Issue instituted two lawsuits challenging the ordinance in different ways, one in federal court, the other in state court. In December of 2023, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted Summary Judgement in favor of the Shall Issue lawsuit in state court. The County appealed the ruling to the Appellate Court of Maryland. On January 24, 2025, the Appellate Court ruled the Circuit Court had erred and remanded the case back to the Circuit Court. The case, now named Montgomery County v. Engage Armament, was appealed by Maryland Shall Issue to the Maryland Supreme Court.
The X.com post by Maryland Shall Issue on 28 April, 2026, explaining the ruling at the Maryland Supreme Court, quotes the Maryland Supreme Court about the County ordinance. The Supreme Court wrote this:
"is not a local law because of its application to holders of State-issued wear-and-carry permits traveling on public highways who cross within 100 yards of a place of public assembly."
Because such part of the law is not a local law, it is prohibited by the Maryland preemption statutes.
The "local ordinance" banning concealed carry within 100 yards of a "place of public assembly" essentially banned concealed carry.
Most major roads and highways transited through areas withing 100 yards of the multitude of places the County ordinance designated as places of public assembly.
Maryland shall Issue also posted that the Maryland Supreme Court ruled Montgomery County's ban on "ghost guns" was preempted by Maryland law "to the extent it includes firearms that have been serialized in compliance with federal and State law." Therefore owners of "ghost guns" can transport unserialized personally made frames and receivers to Federal Firearms License holders (FFL), and the FFL holders can serialize them as required by Maryland State Law.
The Maryland Supreme Court was reported to have ruled a section of the County's ordinance was preempted, as the County attempted to ban a:
"broad swath of otherwise lawful (and constitutionally protected) conduct by adults merely because it occurs in the presence of a minor, without any apparent connection to whether that activity might result in minors gaining unsupervised access to those firearms."
Exactly what parts of the Montgomery County ordinance remain in effect after the Maryland Supreme Court ruling is not clear at this time.
In the federal case challenging the ordinance, the case was set for oral arguments on January 23, 2024. On December 5, 2023, the January 23 date was continued. No future date appears to have been set in the more than two years following.
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She was transported to a local hospital and is in stable condition.
An investigation found the homeowner had called 911 to report a woman trying to enter the home, but another man who knew the homeowner had shot her as she was trying to enter through a window.
Investigators say the suspect had been harassing and threatening the business owner and employees for weeks, with incidents dating back to March.
Police say the man showed up Sunday, threw a box of fertilizer at the front of the business, then returned armed with a knife. He allegedly slashed a tire and began damaging more property.
That’s when the owner came outside and, fearing for safety, fired a shot that struck the suspect in the leg.
Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D F Pace said the woman was trying to break through the back window of a home occupied by two people and a dog.
Pace said one of the people inside, who police believe is licensed to carry, warned the woman to stop, but she refused. That's when the homeowner shot the woman, Pace said.
In March of 2026, Everytown, the activist organization created with the help of considerable funds by Multi - billionaire Michael Bloomberg, place a website online called EveryShot. EveryShot is an artificial intelligence tool using ChatGPT-40 mini to search for and list, according to Everytown, a collection of incidents in the 50 U.S. states where there was a shooting involving a firearm or gun or if a gun or firearm was brandished. Specifically excluded a BB guns, pellet guns, toy guns or events which are fictional. A filter is used to exclude duplicates. The tool often shows multiple sources for a single event. The tool can flag events when there is uncertainty or discrepancies the flag brings the attention of a human for review. The tool updates the database twice a week.
In the Terms of Use, Everytown states the results can be "incomplete, inaccurate, offensive, or otherwise unpredictable". In this correspondent's use of the tool, such a description is correct.
The tool has been developed by Everytown. Everytown is strongly biased toward greater political control over the ownership and use of firearms. It is not surprising there are no categories of firearms use under the categories of "Intent" listed as s justified homicides. There is no category of "Incident Type" listed as self-defense.
In "Relationship to Shooter" there are no categories for "gang member", "criminal", pimp, "drug dealer" or even "stranger" or "attacker". There are only Self, Friend, various family members, Intimate Partner, Bystander and "Not Reported".
The description of the sources limits them to occurring in "one of the 50 US states", the District of Columbia, a United States federal territory, is included.
As an experiment, this correspondent chose to look at all the incidents reported under the categories of Firearm Type - "Machine Gun" and Firearm Ownership - "Legal". Such incidents are extremely rare. EveryShot reported six incidents from January 1 through April 21.
It appeared to this reporter EveryShot was mistaken in all six incidents. In all six incidents the "machine gun" was an illegally possessed firearm. Three of the incidents explicitly identified the illegal machine gun as a "Glock switch". One incident identified the offending firearm(s) as "illegal conversion devices". One incident did not identify the firearm, except as a "machine gun", but there was a charge of "felon in possession" which indicated the firearm was illegally owned. The sixth incident identified the firearm as a MAC 11, but careful reading showed it to be Masterpiece Arms Grim Reaper, a semi-automatic replica of the MAC. In that case, the firearm itself was not a machine gun, and it was illegal for the person to possess it, as they were charged with felon in possession.
Here are the links to each of the six incidents:
January 20, 2026 -Michigan City Indiana, Glock Switch, shots fired. Illegal possession.
January 29, 2026 - Elkhart Indiana Twins Arrested for Machine Gun possession Glock switch, illegal possession.
February 11, 2026 - Listed as Endicott, NY (actually Montgomery County, PA.) MAC 11. No mention of conversion. Masterpiece Arms Grim Reaper firearm, not a machine gun. Illegal possession.
February 19, 2026 - Waco Texas, illegal conversion devices
March 6, 2026 - Laredo, Texas, , shots fired Glock switch
March 30, 2026 - Gray's Hill, SC Possession of a machine gun, felon in possession no explanation of offending firearm.
There are other quirks in the EveryShot AI engine. Under "Brandishing" the engine lists 92 incidents under "fatal", 0 incidents under non-fatal, and 0 incidents under "other". The engine must have more categories than "fatal", "non-fatal" and "other", because total incidents are listed as 1,560, many time greater than the total of "fatal", "non-fatal" and "other", which only comes to 92.
Such are the quirks which EveryTown warns against as potential flaws in the EveryShot AI construct.
This does not mean EveryShot is useless. It means the numbers are, at best, a flawed program's interpretation of news stories, which are highly biased by the way the searches are constructed.
Another reason to be cautions is this: It is not disputed the most common fatalities involving firearms In the USA are suicides. They account for about two thirds of all fatalities involving firearms. Because of the limitations of the publicly available data from the sources used by EveryShot, suicides only account for about 9% of fatalities by firearm. It appears suicides are not covered by the media anywhere near completely.
If you use EveryShot, be aware of the limitations. Keep in mind the cautions put forward by Everytown about its use. Do not consider the statistics to be factual or accurate, because the EverShot AI has many limitations.
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MNPD said a 56-year-old man was watching TV in his bedroom when a man wearing a medical mask entered the room and demanded money. The suspect was later identified as 45-year-old Derick Mercer.
The 56-year-old then grabbed his gun that was sitting next to him. MNPD said Mercer jumped across the bed and grabbed the gun.
During the struggle, a shot was fired, striking Mercer in the chest, MNPD said.
MNPD said the 56-year-old man told police he knew Mercer and that he had been at his home earlier that day. He also said that he did not know that it was Mercer who entered his room at the time of the incident.
After a preliminary investigation, officials learned that four armed suspects attempted to steal the victim’s vehicle. Both the victim and the suspects exchanged gunfire, before the suspects fled the scene.
While continuing the investigation, officers received a report of a male shot in the 4400 block of Lee Road. While responding to the reports, officers found a male suffering from gunshot wounds to the abdomen and arm, as well as the vehicle used in the attempted carjacking.
The male suffering from gunshot wounds, a 16-year-old male, was revealed to be one of the suspects involved in the attempted carjacking and shooting on E. 131st St.
Pointer had gotten into an altercation with a resident at the home, resulting in him shooting the resident in the foot.
Hours later, Pointer returned to the home and allegedly fired a gun multiple times through the front door before kicking it in, officials said.
Once inside, Pointer was shot by the owner of the home. He left the house and then collapsed on the sidewalk.
Pointer died from his injuries at the scene and the homeowner was interviewed at JPD headquarters, officials said.
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A suspect is in critical condition after being shot by a homeowner during an alleged robbery in southwest Oklahoma City on Friday night, according to police.
In the six year old case of Landmark v. Evanchick, in Pennysylvania, the Firearms Policy Coalition has been vindicated. A settlement has been reached. The Pennsylvania State Police has agreed to revoke the policy of the Pennsylvania State Police to the effect that partially-manufactured frames, receivers and kits, often referred to as 80% frames and receivers, were firearms which required a background check through an FFL before purchase.
The case started six years ago, on December 16, 2019. Then Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro issued an opinion which classified 80% receivers the same as functional firearms. Just four days later, on December 20, 2019, Firearms Policy Coalition filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Police, who had stated they would accept the opinion of the Attorney General in their policies. On January 21, 2020, Judge Brobson of Pennsylvannia's Commenwealth Court issued an order preventing the enforcement of the policy. On April 21, 2022, the court issued an order granting a stay pending Pennsylvania State Police pomulgation of new regulations, to be based on new federal regulations.
The parties entered into attempts to resolve the matter amicably. On February 23, 2026, they jointly petitioned the court, agreeing to the following:
- The matter is now moot.
- The preliminary injunction can be dissolved
- The parties shall bear their own costs
- The matter can be discontinued without prejudice.
In addition, the parties agreed:
This stipulation does not alter the Pennsylvania State Police’s obligation to comply with any and all federal requirements as a point-of-contact state for NICS.
On March 6, 2026, the Court issued an order directing the following:
1. The preliminary injunction issued pursuant to this Court’s January 31, 2020 Opinion and Order is hereby dissolved and the Prothonotary is ordered to return the cost bond, in the amount of $100.00, to counsel for Petitioners Landmark Firearms LLC, US Rifle, LLC, Polymer80, Inc., and Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.;
2. The Parties shall bear their own costs, expenses, and attorney fees in this matter; and
3. The Prothonotary shall mark this matter discontinued without prejudice.
The case is now ended. The Pennsylvania State Police have not required firearms made with "80%" receivers to be sold only with serial numbers and only through Federal Firearms Dealers in the State of Pennsylvania for the last six years.
The rule promoted under the Biden Administration was upheld as acceptable under the Administrative Procedure Act. The rule was not challenged under the Second Amendment. In the future, much depends on what new rule is promoted by the ATF in the Trump administration on what is considered a firearm.
Analysis: Firearms have been made at home by individuals since before the colonies became the United States of America. The ATF argued that technological changes have made the selling of kits which can be made into functional firearms as quickly as firearms can be legally purchased renders those kits the same as functional firearms. Such argument was under the Biden administration. The ATF is to come up with a new rule under the Trump administration. The key appears to be what the definition of "readily convertible" will mean in the law. This correspondent's best guess would be something to the effect of "If the kit can be assembled into a functional firearm in less than two hours by an ordinary individual with commonly available tools, it is "readily convertible". Many other possibilities exist.
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Authorities said the two individuals had recently met and were traveling together in the shooter’s vehicle after meeting to produce social media content.
“A 911 caller reported that he shot a male who allegedly tried to rob him and we received multiple calls for service about the incident,” said Harris County Sheriff’s Office Major Ben Katrib.
Authorities said the two individuals had recently met and were traveling together in the shooter’s vehicle after meeting to produce social media content.
During the encounter, investigators said the passenger pulled out a firearm and shot the suspect while still in the vehicle.
The alleged robber suffered a gunshot wound to the upper torso and was transported to a hospital for treatment.
CPD said the shooting happened Thursday at 2102 Bailey Street, near the Colony Apartments complex. Officers were dispatched in response to a shots-fired call.
While officers were en route, the call was updated to indicate people had been shot.
James-Everette reportedly fired a handgun, striking a victim in the shoulder. The victim fired back and struck James-Everette in the leg.
The suspect and the victim were taken to Prisma Health for treatment.
President Trump with Pen, Public Domain
Some Second Amendment supporters claim President Trump has not done anything in support of Second Amendment rights. They say: The ATF still exists! The National Firearms Act of 1934 has not been repealed! The Gun Control Act of 1968 has not been repealed!
Those actions are not withing the ability of the President of the United States to accomplish by executive action. A very slim majority of Republicans exists in the House. Less than the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster exists in the Senate. This means statutory change is very difficult to accomplish. A few members of the Republican party in the House and in the Senate are not reliable supporters of the Second Amendment. Such numbers are all it takes to make passage of legislation extremely difficult.
In the face of such difficulties, President Trump has accomplished significant positive change in his second term, in just the first 16 months. President Trump has become the President most supportive of the Second Amendment since the founding fathers.
It is not surprising the Republic did not see any significant challenge to rights protected by the Second Amendment until a generation after the ratification of the Bill of Rights. A couple of laws restricting concealed carry were passed in 1813. The Kentucky law was struck down as unconstitutional by the state supreme court, leaving the Louisiana law as an outlier for another decade. After the Founding generation had passed away, the infringements on the Second Amendment started being passed.
Here are some of the actions the Trump Administration has taken to restore Second Amendment rights in the United States. Two are statutory. The rest have been done with administrative authority.
January 20, 2025 - President Trump administration shuts down White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. This office was a hotbed of anti-Second Amendment activism.
February 7, 2025 - President Trump issues executive order to protect Second Amendment rights. White House link.
April 7, 2025 - Trump DOJ repeals Zero Tolerance policy by the ATF. The ATF announces plans to revise the policy on stabilizing braces and the definition of "engaged in the business by ATF.
July 4, 2025 - (Statutory) Trump administration passes Big Beautiful Bill ending taxes for silencers, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns and any other weapons. This was the first time any of the NFA taxes were eliminated. The item should have been removed from the NFA, as the Trump administration proposed. The Senate Parliamentarian prevented their complete removal.
July 21, 2025 - President Trump administration plans to create process for people to regain Second Amendment rights.
August 7, 2025 - President Trump bans banks from discriminating against gun companies.
August 15, 2025 - President Trump administration streamlines carry permit process for D.C.
October 10, 2025 - President Trump administration files lawsuit against Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for denial of Second Amendment rights.
October 10, 2025 - President Trump has Jennifer Mascott confirmed to Third circuit Court of appeals. Judge Mascott is likely to be a critical voice in a Second Amendment case.
September 30, 2025 - President Trump administration recinds Biden administration export restrictions on Firearms.
November 6, 2025 -President Trump cuts off federal funding to gun control groups.
November 8, 2025 - Trump's U.S. Attorney for D.C. will refuse to seek felony charges for unregistered rifles or shotguns in D.C.
November 17, 2025 - (Statutory) President Trump gets law passed Protecting Second Amendment rights of veterans from the Veterans Administration.
January 8, 2026 - President Trump DOJ submits brief against California background check for ammunition.
Jan 13, 2026 - President Trump pulls U.S. out of UN Register of Conventional Arms.
January 28, 2025. President Trump DOJ files Brief in Massachusetts handgun roster case, taking the side of the Second Amendment.
April 3, 2026 - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's order to allow military members to carry off duty on post.
President Trump and his administration has done more for Second Amendment supporters than any administration since the founding fathers. At the same time, President Trump is doing more for the USA than any other President, probably at least since World War II. The above is not a complete list. There have been several amicus briefs filed in Second Amendment cases, by the administration, to restore Second Amendment rights. Feel free to add any you know of in the comments.
When a fundamental constitutional right has been trampled in the dirt for over a hundred years, it is understandable for supporters to be anxious to see the right completely restored, immediately. Unfortunately, such is impossible without destroying the structure of the Republic inherent in the ordered liberty of the Constitution. If the Constitution is destroyed, the Second Amendment is not guaranteed.
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According to investigators, residents inside the home reported several armed suspects entered the home and the homeowners shot at the intruders, hitting one of the suspects several times.
The suspect was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. Kent police have not released the identity of the suspect who was shot.
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