The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) is holding its fifth annual Concealed Carry Expo in Pittsburgh this weekend. The group said it expects to draw between 10,000 and 20,000 people despite backlash from some city council members.
National Rifle Association board member Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.) called for the resignation of executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre on Tuesday after leaked memos revealed accusations of impropriety, including $275,000 spent on Italian suits and $265,000 spent on travel. The accusations were levied at him by former NRA president Oliver North and the gun-rights group’s largest media vendor.
In an interview with the Washington Post, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens lamented about the Supreme Court’s 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision and said, “there’s no need for all the guns we have in the country and if I could get rid of one thing it would be to get rid of that whole gun climate.”
A Philadelphia man with a concealed gun-carry permit shot at and scared off a would-be home invader on Thursday when he spotted him trying to break into a neighbor’s apartment.
A pro-gun group in Colorado has filed a lawsuit to try and halt a controversial “red flag” gun bill that was passed into law last month.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he is considering “red flag” gun legislation in the wake of mass shootings that target places of worship.
