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Elon Musk says the Cybertruck will be bulletproof, boasting that Tesla shot it up with a Tommy gun. Deliveries are set to start next week, with Musk warning that Tesla faces big production challenges. AdvertisementElon Musk has long claimed the Cybertruck will be bulletproof, saying he wants the futuristic pickup to be "really tough — not fake tough." As the Cybertruck's launch date nears, though, it still remains unclear just how bulletproof it is going to be. AdvertisementThis "armor glass" won't be able to stop a bullet — but Musk's said that Tesla will offer the option to buy a "beast mode" Cybertruck with properly bulletproof windows.
Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, , Musk's, Musk, Frederic J . Brown, Al Capone, Critics, Tommy Organizations: Service, Auto, Business
Czech gunmaker Colt CZ makes offer for Vista Outdoor
  + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Jason Hovet | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Visitors look at firearms from Colt CZ Group at the Milipol Paris, the worldwide exhibition dedicated to homeland security and safety, in Villepinte near Paris, France, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPRAGUE, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Czech gunmaker Colt CZ Group (CZG.PR) has made a cash-and-stock merger offer to Vista Outdoor (VSTO.N), valuing the U.S. sporting and outdoor goods group's shares at a 16% premium. Colt CZ said it proposed keeping the company together, scrapping plans to separate Vista at this time. Colt CZ, along with a majority shareholder and its chairman, together acquired more than 5% of Vista shares, they announced in October. Colt CZ shares fell around 3% at the Prague open on Thursday but had recovered to trade nearly 1% higher by 1053 GMT.
Persons: Sarah Meyssonnier, Colt CZ's, Vista, Colt, Jason Hovet, Mark Potter Organizations: Colt CZ, REUTERS, Rights, Vista, Czechoslovak Group, Czechoslovak, Colt, CSG, Thomson Locations: Paris, Villepinte, France, Czech, U.S, Vista, Prague
Visitors look at firearms from Colt CZ Group at an exhibition in Villepinte near Paris, France. Photo: sarah meyssonnier/ReutersFirearms manufacturer Colt CZ Group has made an unsolicited offer to acquire U.S. -based Vista Outdoor that values its equity at $1.74 billion, seeking to block the latter’s proposed merger with a Czech industrial technology company. Colt has proposed a cash-and-stock merger with the sporting and outdoor-goods company that would value its shares at $30.00 each, Vista said late Wednesday.
Persons: sarah meyssonnier, Colt, Vista Organizations: Colt CZ, Reuters, U.S Locations: Villepinte, Paris, France, Czech
Madore, who was arrested in Strafford on assault and reckless conduct charges, was later involuntarily admitted at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, according to records. Madore was fatally shot by a state trooper shortly afterward. The guns used in 2016 remain in the custody of the Strafford Police Department, he said. It remains unclear how Madore, who had most recently lived in a hotel in New Hampshire's Seacoast area, acquired the guns found Nov. 17. A celebration of life has been scheduled on Nov. 27 for for Haas, 63, a former police chief from Franklin, New Hampshire.
Persons: John Madore, Madore, Bradley Haas, general's, Michael Garrity, Haas Organizations: CONCORD, New Hampshire Hospital, New Hampshire, of, New, Strafford Police Department Locations: N.H, New Hampshire, Strafford, Concord, New, Franklin , New Hampshire
The family of Avigail Idan, a small child whose parents were murdered in front of their children by Hamas militants at a kibbutz during the Oct. 7 assault, hoped that they would be able to celebrate her fourth birthday with her on Friday. “I find myself barely breathing through the last 24 hours,” her aunt, Tal Idan, said after the announcement of the agreement. Image An undated photo (from left) of Avigail Idan, Roy Idan, Michael Idan, Amelia Idan, and Smadar Idan. And in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians who have endured nearly seven weeks of intense airstrikes waited anxiously for the truce. Several international humanitarian organizations said the four-day cease-fire window was too tight to address the dire situation.
Persons: Mohammad Abu Salmiya, , Tal Idan, , Avigail, Abigail ”, Idan, Roy Idan, Michael Idan, Amelia Idan, Smadar, Walaa Tanji, Tanji, Nagham, ” Shadi Hijazi, Catherine Russell Organizations: Al, Shifa, U.S ., West Bank, Qatar, UNICEF, . Security Locations: U.S, Nablus, Gaza
BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge has denied a compassionate release request filed by a former Baltimore police officer convicted in 2018 as part of the department’s Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal. Daniel Hersl, the oldest member of the deeply corrupt and now-disbanded Baltimore police unit, was sentenced to 18 years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of racketeering and robbery. Last month, he filed the request for release, saying he was recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer that has spread to his lymph nodes, liver, lungs and more. He said a prison doctor concluded he has less than 18 months to live, and asked for home detention. Hersl, 53, was one of eight indicted members of the once-lauded Gun Trace Task Force, which was created to get illegal guns off the streets of a city plagued by violent crime.
Persons: Daniel Hersl, Prosecutors, Hersl “, , , George L, Russell III, ” Russell, William Purpura Organizations: BALTIMORE, , Baltimore police, Force, District, Baltimore City Police Department, Prisons Locations: Baltimore
NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect's low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday. The robbery happened at a tobacco shop in Queens on Sept. 14, 2022. An anonymous tipster passed along the Instagram handle of the suspect with the colorful underwear, the complaint said. An email seeking comment was sent to the suspect's attorney with the federal public defender's office. The other two robbery suspects are still at large, authorities said.
Persons: tipster Organizations: Mazda, Police, New York Police Department, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, U.S Locations: New York, Queens, Brooklyn
I put my clear plastic goggles back on and reenter the smoky range to learn how to shoot a gun. That’s how I found myself at Gun for Hire, a gun range and club in New Jersey, to learn how to shoot. (“I want you to get the feel for both guns,” Kedem said.) Kedem had told me I’d get used to the noise, and I did. If I came to the range a few more times, I know I could get the hang of shooting — and even excel at it.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Maryland’s handgun licensing law, finding that its requirements, which include submitting fingerprints for a background check and taking a four-hour firearms safety course, are unconstitutionally restrictive. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond said they considered the case in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that “effected a sea change in Second Amendment law.”The underlying lawsuit was filed in 2016 as a challenge to a Maryland law requiring people to obtain a special license before purchasing a handgun. Even though Maryland’s law doesn’t prohibit people from “owning handguns at some time in the future, it still prohibits them from owning handguns now,” Richardson wrote. Pennack said the 2013 law made obtaining a handgun an overly expensive and arduous process. Before that law passed, he said, people had to complete a more limited training and pass a background check, among other requirements.
Persons: , Wes Moore, , ” Moore, Judge Julius Richardson, Richardson, G, Steven Agee, ” Richardson, doesn’t, Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, misapplied, Keenan, ” Agee, , Mark Pennack, he’s, Tuesday’s, Pennack Organizations: BALTIMORE, , U.S, Circuit, Supreme, Sandy Hook Elementary, Maryland . Maryland Gov, Republican, Democrat Locations: Richmond, Maryland
Sturgeon wrote that it “was so easy” to purchase the assault rifle, a Radical Firearms RF-15, from a Louisville gun store, according to the police file. He wrote that he was “very sick” and suggested that he had lied about his health to avoid further treatment or institutionalization. Another officer shot and killed the gunman in the lobby. Sturgeon was shot by an officer in the right arm twice, the left leg once and once in the head, according to the report. Investigators determined that the actions of the officer who shot Sturgeon were not criminal, the report said.
Persons: Connor Sturgeon, Sturgeon, , , Lisa Sturgeon, Joshua Barrick, Deana Eckert, Tommy Elliott, Juliana Farmer, Jim Tutt Jr, Elliott, Andy Beshear, Nickolas Wilt Organizations: Louisville police, Firearms, Kentucky Gov Locations: LOUISVILLE, Ky, Louisville
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland's licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that expanded gun rights. "Maryland has not shown that this regime is consistent with our nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation," U.S. Richardson called the Maryland law an "additional, preliminary step" that subjected law-abiding people to a 30-day waiting period before they could begin the usual process to acquire a firearm through a separate background check system. A spokesperson for Maryland Attorney General Andrew Brown, a Democrat who is defending the law in court, said his office was "weighing options for next steps in this case." Maryland had said its law mirrored historical limitations on "dangerous" people owning firearms.
Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Julius Richardson, Donald Trump, Richardson, Andrew Brown, preemptively, Barbara Milano Keenan, Barack Obama, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: White, REUTERS, Supreme, Circuit, U.S, New York, Republican, Maryland, Democrat, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Montgomery County , Maryland, Washington , U.S, U.S, Richmond , Virginia, Maryland, New York, Boston
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland's licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that expanded gun rights. "Maryland has not shown that this regime is consistent with our nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation," U.S. A gun rights group called Maryland Shall Issue sued in 2016 along with two individuals and a gun store, arguing that the restrictions violated the Second Amendment. Richardson on Tuesday said the Supreme Court in 2022 "effected a sea change in Second Amendment law" when it struck down New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. Maryland had said its law mirrored historical limitations on "dangerous" people owning firearms.
Persons: Nate Raymond, Julius Richardson, Donald Trump, Richardson, Randy Kozuch, Andrew Brown, preemptively, Barbara Milano Keenan, Barack Obama, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: Reuters, Supreme, Circuit, U.S, New York, Republican, Rifle Association's, Legal, NRA, Maryland, Democrat, Democratic Locations: U.S, Richmond , Virginia, Maryland, New York, Boston
Some thieves are stealing vehicles, from cars to backhoes and driving them into stores that they want to rob. Retailers from Target to Home Depot have talked a lot lately about theft, though the extent of the problem is unclear. AdvertisementSome thieves who target retailers are stealing vehicles and smashing them through storefronts in a twist on retail theft known as "ram raiding." But some thieves aren't looking to steal merchandise at all: Instead, they steal ATMs inside of stores to break into them and steal the cash. But gauging the real impact of retail theft on retailers' stores and broader business is tough.
Persons: , Christian Dior, John Ham Organizations: Target, Service, Wall Street, Christian, San Francisco, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: Oakland , California, Missouri, San Francisco, city's
Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Monday that prohibits individuals convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence from possessing firearms for at least an eight-year-period. State law currently includes firearm restrictions for those with felonies related to domestic abuse, but no law had existed for misdemeanor domestic violence. The overhauled gun laws follow two deadly mass school shootings that happened in Michigan within a 14-month period. Federal law already prohibits those charged with felonies or misdemeanors related to domestic violence from purchasing or possessing a gun. Guns were used in more than half, 57%, of those killings in 2020, a year that saw an overall increase in domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic.
Persons: Gretchen Whitmer, ” Whitmer, , Whitmer, Democratic State Sen, Stephanie Chang, Governor Whitmer, ” John Feinblatt, Maggie Wardle, Maggie, Rick Omillian, Maggie’s Organizations: — Michigan Democrats, Democratic State, District of Columbia, Federal, , Safety, for Disease Control, Kalamazoo College Locations: LANSING, Mich, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
When the Supreme Court heard arguments this month on whether the Second Amendment allows the government to disarm domestic abusers, Justice Amy Coney Barrett made a cryptic reference that puzzled many in the courtroom. She asked, according to the court’s official transcript, about “the range issue.”Sentencing range? She was, it turned out, referring to a person, Bryan Range, who has challenged a federal law prohibiting people who have been convicted of felonies from owning guns. Range is a far more sympathetic figure than the defendant in the domestic violence case, Zackey Rahimi. According to court records, Mr. Rahimi threatened women with firearms and was involved in five shootings in a two-month stretch.
Persons: Amy Coney Barrett, Bryan Range, Rahimi, Justice Barrett
PARIS (AP) — A faded and cracked felt hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte fetched $1.6 million at an auction Sunday of the French emperor’s belongingsYes, $1.6 million. It was the centerpiece of Sunday's auction in Fontainebleau of memorabilia collected by a French industrialist who died last year. But the bidding quickly jumped higher and higher until Jean Pierre Osenat, president of the Osenat auction house, designated the winner. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesWhile other officers customarily wore their hats with the wings facing front to back, Napoléon wore his with the ends pointing toward his shoulders. The entrepreneur spent more than a half-century assembling his collection of Napoleonic memorabilia, firearms, swords and coins before his death in 2022.
Persons: Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoléon, Europe —, Jean Pierre Osenat, , , , Pierre Baillon, Jean, Louis Noisiez Organizations: PARIS Locations: France, Europe, Fontainebleau, French, bataille
SAVANNAH, N.Y. (AP) — A man on a hunting trip was shot and killed in western New York on Saturday, the first day of the state's regular deer and bear hunting seasons, authorities said. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office said it responded at about 7 a.m. to a report that a hunter had been shot in Savannah, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Rochester. When deputies arrived, they found the man was fatally wounded during a hunting excursion, police said. The sheriff's office did not say how the man was shot and had not released his name as of late Saturday afternoon. Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesThe sheriff's office and state Department of Environmental Conservation police were investigating.
Organizations: Sheriff's, Audubon, of Environmental Conservation Locations: SAVANNAH, N.Y, New York, Wayne, Savannah, Rochester
HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Susanna Gibson lost her Virginia legislative race this month, but she may not be done with politics. But that is my plan.”Gibson said she had no idea the videos existed until they were brought to her attention by reporters. “What is newsworthy is abortion rights are on the line in Virginia,” she said. She won a competitive June primary and centered her message to voters on protecting abortion rights as the state's Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, pledged to enact stricter limits. Abortion rights groups and a leading LGBTQ+ advocacy group continued to support her campaign.
Persons: — Susanna Gibson, Gibson, I’m, ” Gibson, , Daniel Watkins, , ” Ken Nunnenkamp, Roe, Wade, Glenn Youngkin, , loitered, Louise Lucas, Gibson's, Han Jones, David Owen, Terry McAuliffe, Watkins, she's, Virginia’s, Mary Anne Franks, Franks, Matthew Barakat Organizations: Associated Press, Republican Party of Virginia, University of Virginia, Columbia University, Republican, Democratic Party, Virginia, District, Democratic, FBI, George Washington University Law School Locations: HENRICO, Va, Virginia, Henrico
CNN cannot independently verify the claim by Israel that the image is of a Hamas tunnel. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Israel to grant independent investigators access to Gaza to probe the competing claims. “This is precisely where you need an independent international investigation, because we have different narratives,” said Türk on Thursday. The IDF on Thursday released an image of what it said were weapons recovered from inside Al-Shifa hospital. On Wednesday, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby reiterated previous statements from the White House saying the US had intelligence that Hamas was operating in Al-Shifa Hospital.
Persons: Daniel Hagari, Volker Türk, , Türk, , , Israel of, Israel, Yehudit Weiss, Noa Marciano, Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Al Jazeera, Abu Salmiya, Hagari, Rantisi, Mohammed Zarqout, John Kirby, ” Kirby Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Human, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Rantisi, Al, US National Security, Shifa Locations: Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, IDF, Ramallah, Israel of Gaza, United States, Al
In Belarus, some children have been re-educated by nationalists and given military training. AdvertisementA recent report from Yale University sheds new light on the plight of Ukrainian children who have been deported by Russia, many of whom the report says are being subjected to military training and reeducation. Belarusian troops have subjected Ukrainian children to military training that includes handling firearms, wearing body armor, and watching military parades, lectures, and combat demonstrations, according to the report. The total number of deported Ukrainian children is unknown. Some Ukrainian children say they have been put in Russian foster and adoptive families while others are being repatriated to the country.
Persons: , Russia's, Maria Lvova, Belova, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Yale University, Yale School of Public, Research, Yale, Internal Troops, CNN, Criminal Court, International Locations: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A group of 46 Republican U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to answer questions about its Oct. 27 decision to temporarily stop issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition for non-governmental users. The Commerce Department's 90-day pause has some exemptions including export licenses for Ukraine and Israel, as well as some other close allies. Earlier this month, Republican Representative Mark Green, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, led a separate letter from more than 80 lawmakers seeking answers on the pause. The Republican party has consistently defended gun ownership rights under the U.S. Constitution, while many Democrats have called for new restrictions after a series of mass shootings. Exporters can continue to submit license requests during the pause, but they will be "held without action" until the pause is lifted.
Persons: Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Frantz, Ted Budd, John Thune, Mark Green, David Shepardson, David Gregorio Our Organizations: U.S ., REUTERS, Rights, Republican U.S, Commerce Department, Republican, Homeland Security Committee, U.S, Constitution, Overseas, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Ukraine, Israel, U.S
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are preparing to present evidence to a grand jury against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in New Mexico. A grand jury did not take up the case Thursday and a decision on whether to revive criminal charges against Baldwin still could be weeks away. They later pivoted after receiving a new analysis of the gun and will ask a grand jury to consider recharging Baldwin. NEXT STEPSA grand jury could weigh whether there is “probable cause” to bring charges against Baldwin as the target of the investigation. A case can’t be brought twice before a grand jury on the same evidence, so if they don't proceed this time a second grand jury is less likely.
Persons: Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, , , Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, “ Rust, armorer Hannah Gutierrez, Reed, Neama, Gutierrez, Rahmani, he's, ” Rahmani, Baldwin —, Lucien Haag, Kari Morrissey, Jason Lewis, Hutchins, David Halls Organizations: SANTA FE, — Prosecutors, Baldwin, West, Trial, NBC, FBI, Forensic Science Services Locations: SANTA, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Southern California, Arizona, Malibu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked a judge on Wednesday to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials, claiming the former president applied political pressure to a criminal investigation of him. The push for a subpoena comes as defense attorneys fight the federal firearms case filed against Hunter Biden, who is accused of breaking laws against drug users having guns. Hunter Biden had been expected to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges over the summer in an agreement with prosecutors that spared him prosecution on the gun count if he stayed out of trouble for two years. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesThe special counsel overseeing the case has indicated that new tax charges are possible in Washington or in California, where Hunter Biden lives. A representative for Trump did not immediately return an email message seeking comment.
Persons: — Hunter Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, William Barr, Jeffrey Rosen, Richard Donoghue, Joe Biden's, Hunter Biden Organizations: WASHINGTON, Justice Department, Republican, Trump, U.S . Capitol, Democrat Locations: Washington, California
“We saw this in the first days of the war, wherever there were weapons, the scale of the disaster was smaller,” Ben Gvir said in a press release. Critics see it as part of a far-right vision to inflame Israeli-Palestinian relations in the country, especially in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, such as Ben Gvir and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, support annexing the West Bank. When CNN asked Ben Gvir at the Caesarea event last week whether his actions were inciting violence against Palestinians, CNN was kicked out of the ceremony. He adds that arming people like that “is only showing what he (Ben Gvir) is trying to cause, which is chaos.”CNN has reached out to Eliasi for comment.
Persons: Itamar Ben Gvir, , , Ben Gvir, ” Ben Gvir’s, Mariam Barghouti, Ben Gvir’s, ­, , Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Bezalel Smotrich, we’re, we’ll, Itamar Ben, Gvir, William Bonnett, Amichay Eliyahu, Ben, Eliyahu, Roy Malkan, ” Malkan, Yoav Eliasi, Ori Givati, Guy Ben, Israel’s Ben, ” Ben, Porat, Liat Eisner, We’re, Eisner, she’s, Netanyahu’s, I’m Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Ministry of National Security, West Bank, Power, New York Times, , Jewish Power, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, The United Nations, Israeli National Security, Israel Defense Forces, Heritage, , ” CNN, Reuters, Survey, Israel’s, Gurion University, ” Protesters, Ben, ” Security Locations: Caesarea, Jerusalem, Israel, Judea, Samaria, Palestinian, East Jerusalem, Abdelathim, Qusra, Nablus, Judaea, , Ben Gvir’s, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Swiss
Mass Shootings, Mass SalesIn June 2012, James E. Holmes, the Colorado graduate student, ordered 1,500 rounds of Lake City ammunition from the website BulkAmmo.com, which had been offering discounts on boxes of the 5.56. The tally includes shootings in a public place in which four or more people, not including the attacker, were killed. He did not use rounds from Lake City, but the tragedy drove a new push for gun reform — and a reflexive spike in ammunition sales. Vista Outdoor issued a statement attributed to Federal Cartridge, one of its many brands, saying it was proud of its ammunition production. backed down, and, within a year, Lake City green tips were tied to the shooting of five police officers and a deputy sheriff.
Persons: James E, Holmes, ATK, Mr . DeYoung, Vista, DeYoung, , Organizations: Colorado, Lake, FedEx, Violence, Sandy Hook Elementary, Army, ATK, Walmart, Vista, Firearms, Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives Locations: Lake City, Aurora, Newtown, Conn, U.S
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