Dean Weingarten is a Writer and Reporter at AmmoLand Shooting Sports News. He is an outspoken defender of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, with a focus on federal legislation, law and legal affairs, and security and law enforcement. Dean's work has been featured in Kenosha County Eye and AmmoLand.
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The Illinois government has passed Senate Bill 2756 into law. The bill reforms the limitations on what firearms may be legally used for hunting deer in Illinois.
Firearm-related background checks climbed in July 2026, with both the FBI's raw National Instant Criminal Background Check System total and the firearm industry's adjusted figure posting year-over-year gains.
We value your privacy Research done at the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) and published in July of 2026 shows the percentage and number of people carrying concealed handguns continues to increase.
By: Dean Weingarten
On August 7, 2026, a 14-year-old Thai student murdered his grandparents, took his grandfather's legally registered handgun, and carried it to Debsirin Nonthaburi School outside Bangkok.
We value your privacy On Saturday, August 15, 2026, at about 1:30 a.m. on the Virginia State University campus, a shooting broke out.
An official report confirms Anthony Pollio fully discharged his bear spray during a fatal Glacier grizzly attack.
A new William English survey estimates roughly 180,000 defensive gun uses against bears, dogs and other animal threats each year.
The August 2026 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers, as adjusted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), show an increase of 2.2% over August of 2025.
By: Dean Weingarten
A surprising number has been revealed from comparing the ratios of firearms found in over a hundred years of federal government data on firearms
By: Dean Weingarten
On April 18, 2026, a 58-year-old man committed a mass murder in Kyiv, Ukraine, using a legally registered firearm. Seven people were killed.
