Supreme Court to decide on right to own assault weapons - POLITICO

While the Supreme Court has repeatedly nullified gun restrictions in recent years, longstanding precedent allows authorities to ban “dangerous” and “unusual” weapons. Federal law banned the manufacture and import of such weapons from 1994 to 2004. Eleven states and numerous cities have broad bans on the weapons. 

However, gun-rights advocates contend that AR-15-style rifles are now so common that they can hardly be considered “unusual.” …

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/supreme-court-assault-weapons-00981996

 

Justice Dept. sues D.C. over ban of AR-15s - The Washington Post

The suit claims that the registration restrictions on semi-automatic rifles in the District is an "unconstitutional ban."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/22/justice-department-sues-dc-ar-15-rifle/

 

MAGA Church Plans to Raffle a Trump AR-15 at Second Amendment Rally – Mother Jones

The Rod of Iron Ministries was founded by Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon as a militant breakaway from the Unification Church founded by his father, the late Sun Myung Moon. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, Pastor Sean Moon's sermons and social media videos espouse a particular End Times theology that predicts a future overthrow of the American government. He believes the AR-15 is an instrument of God's divine justice—the "rod of iron" invoked in Revelation 2:27. 

Moon often wears a crown of bullets, carries a gold-plated assault weapon, and rides a Harley in a helmet with a creepy skeleton facemask. (Moon also seems to have musical aspirations: He raps under the name King Bullethead and will also perform at this weekend's Freedom Fest.)…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/maga-church-plans-to-raffle-a-trump-ar-15-at-second-amendment-rally/

Trump Loving Roger Stone LOSES IT In Most Insane MAGA Scheme Yet

Donald Trump operative Roger Stone puts out an insane video of himself promoting the latest MAGA grift by Michael Flynn called MAGA Realty, which gives out an AR-15 with each property sold. 

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/aq7-q5filks?si=RNaJLmf7JxkliGwj

Ryan Busse Explains Roots of the U.S. Gun Violence Epidemic — ProPublica

What no other society has had is 425 million guns and this culture, on the right, that tells young men that to be real young men, they must purchase an AR-15 and go out and solve their problems...

https://www.propublica.org/article/ryan-busse-explains-roots-of-us-gun-violence

Man shot dead by police after opening fire with AR-15 in Target store in Omaha

Police responded with deadly force against 30-year-old white man with semi-automatic rifle 'and plenty of ammunition'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/omaha-shooting-target-store-nebraska

Armed with AR-15, QAnon-believing GOP candidate threatens ‘offense’ against ‘The Squad’ – Raw Story

The Democratic congressional candidate running in Georgia’s 14th district against Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory, raised alarm Thursday after Greene suggested Republicans “go on the offense” against progressives in Congress. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/armed-with-ar-15-qanon-believing-gop-candidate-threatens-offense-against-the-squad/

Supreme Court refuses to hear Remington's appeal in lawsuit from Sandy Hook victims | TheHill

The Supreme Court has refused to listen to the appeal of gunmaker Remington in the 2014 lawsuit brought forward by a survivor and families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. The refusal of the appeal means that the lawsuit — which alleges that Remington should have never sold to the public a weapon as dangerous as the AR-15 style rifle used in the shooting — can move forward to trial.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/470028-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-remingtons-appeal-in-lawsuit-from

Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump’s Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush - The Daily Beast

Trump also failed to mention that Bracamontes used an AR-15, a weapon that Republicans, including the president, don't want to outlaw. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/luis-bracamontes-cop-killer-in-trumps-twitter-video-actually-came-back-to-us-under-bush

Mass shooting thwarted at Syracuse University by gun shop owner who denied man AR-15 and called police - Raw Story

Police were able to thwart another potential mass shooting, this time the attack was aimed at Syracuse University. It's all thanks to one gun shop owner who denied the possible shooter an AR-15, despite having all the legal rights to purchase one. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/mass-shooting-thwarted-syracuse-university-gun-shop-owner-denied-man-ar-15-called-police/

Duck Dynasty cast member poses with AR-15 while boasting Bible will 'stop human beings from murdering' - Raw Story

A member of the Duck Dynasty clan plopped a video on his Facebook page Monday night, showing off an assault rifle before claiming that the Bible is the greatest defense against murder.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/duck-dynasty-cast-member-poses-ar-15-boasting-bible-will-stop-human-beings-murdering/

AR-15s Are Biblical 'Rod Of Iron' At Pennsylvania Church : The Two-Way : NPR

Hundreds of faithful at a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday carried AR-15-style rifles in adherence to their belief that a "rod of iron" mentioned in the Bible refers to the type of weapon that was used in last month's mass shooting in Parkland, Fla....

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/01/589808670/ar-15s-are-biblical-rod-of-iron-at-pennsylvania-church

Pa. school to close due to church’s blessing ceremony involving AR-15s | TheHill

An elementary school in Pennsylvania will close for classes this week when a nearby church holds a blessing ceremony involving AR-15 rifles. The superintendent of the Wallenpaupack Area School District wrote in a letter to parents that students will instead be taken to schools about 15 miles away, The Associated Press reported....
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/375620-pa-school-to-close-for-churchs-blessing-ceremony-involving-ar-15s