Donald Trump is set to address thousands of gun owners on Saturday, seeking to boost their enthusiasm for his White House bid even further, a day after launching an obscenity-laden tirade against Democratic rival Joe Biden. Taking a weekend break from his New York criminal trial, Trump was due to address the politically powerful National […]
California will be the first U.S. state to charge an excise tax on guns and ammunition, starting in July. The new tax — an 11% levy on each sale — will come on top of federal excise taxes of 10% or 11% for firearms and California’s 6% sales tax. The National Rifle Assn. has characterized […]
A student at Mesa High School was found with a firearm Wednesday morning while attempting to go through a new weapons detection system to enter the school. The student “at no time threatened another student or staff member with a gun,” according to district spokesperson Jen Snyder. The student was arrested. It was the first […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Gang Suppression Section made two arrests after a probation check Wednesday. On May 8, Ricky Blay, 53, and David Murphy, 48, were arrested for several felony charges after deputies conducted a probation search. Florida school seeks donations to replace fencing after 29 student show animals […]
A Palm Springs welcome sign. A sheriff’s helicopter that could be seen flying near the intersection of Sunrise Way and Vista Chino in Palm Springs on Tuesday was being used to search for a person who displayed a gun after being asked to leave a business’ property, according to Palm Springs Police. At around 9:30 […]
May 6—A 50-year-old Albert Lea man was sentenced to five years in prison last week for unlawfully possessing a firearm during a traffic stop in May 2023 in Albert Lea. Oziel Valdez pleaded guilty in November to one court of ineligible possession of a firearm in exchange for the dismissal of one count of first-degree […]
A San Angelo TLCA student is facing expulsion after a fake firearm threat to the school, according to TLCA administration. According to the media release, the San Angelo Police Department found that two minors “decided it would be fun to do a prank.” A San Angelo TLCA student is facing expulsion after a fake firearm […]
May 2—GENEVA TOWNSHIP — The Crime Enforcement Agency of Ashtabula County, the Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Regional SWAT Team executed a search warrant on Tuesday in the 6400 block of North Ridge Road West in Geneva Township, according to a press release from CEAAC. Officers seized methamphetamine, crack cocaine, prescription drugs, a […]
Opinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• Late last month, a 13-year-old girl shot and seriously wounded an 11-year-old boy while they were playing with at least one loaded gun. They were among seven children left alone in a St. Paul apartment […]
Apr. 17—PLAINS TWP. — A student was found with a firearm at the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center resulting in the school dismissing students early and canceling the afternoon session. The firearm was found as the male student was going through security entering the school on Jumper Road in Plains Township, explained Dr. Anthony […]
Apr. 16—WALKER, Minn. — A convicted felon from Walker has pleaded guilty to his role in an illegal firearm straw-purchasing conspiracy that took place in May 2023. According to court documents, on May 26, 2023, Donald Duane Armstrong Jr., 36, and a co-conspirator entered a federal firearms licensee in Walker, where the co-conspirator purchased a […]
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year. The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led […]