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On December 5, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested 39-year-old, Arnold Gerard Whitney of Belhaven, NC on multiple drug and weapon charges.
Published: Friday, December 12th, 2025 @ 8:48 pm By: ENC NOW
On December 5, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested 39-year-old, Arnold Gerard Whitney of Belhaven, NC on multiple drug and weapon charges.
 
On January 9, 2025, at 1:05pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from an individual stating they were threatened with a firearm at a residence in Chocowinity, NC.
Published: Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 @ 3:12 am By: ENC NOW
On January 9, 2025, at 1:05pm, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from an individual stating they were threatened with a firearm at a residence in Chocowinity, NC.
 
On Tuesday February 18, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Raleigh, North Carolina executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Saw Mill Rd in Blounts Creek, NC.
Published: Saturday, September 6th, 2025 @ 10:20 pm By: ENC NOW
On Tuesday February 18, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Raleigh, North Carolina executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Saw Mill Rd in Blounts Creek, NC.
 
On Monday February 24, 2025, members from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Craven County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on residence on Main Street Extension in Edward, NC.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2025 @ 9:11 am By: ENC NOW
On Monday February 24, 2025, members from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Craven County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on residence on Main Street Extension in Edward, NC.
 
On Monday, 02/06/2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Chocowinity NC, where the homeowner reported a firearm had been stolen from inside of his workshop.
Published: Sunday, June 1st, 2025 @ 8:42 am By: ENC NOW
On Monday, 02/06/2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Chocowinity NC, where the homeowner reported a firearm had been stolen from inside of his workshop.
 
similar NC legislation killed by Phil Berger last session in NC Senate
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 @ 8:25 am By: John Steed
similar NC legislation killed by Phil Berger last session in NC Senate
 
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a Biden administration ATF rule that sought to regulate guns without serial numbers and redefine the term “firearm.”
Published: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 9:09 am By: Daily Wire
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a Biden administration ATF rule that sought to regulate guns without serial numbers and redefine the term “firearm.”
 
Highlighting Strategies Working in North Carolina to Reduce Firearm Misuse
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 8:14 pm By: ENC NOW
Highlighting Strategies Working in North Carolina to Reduce Firearm Misuse
 
A man from the Middle East was recently arrested in Texas for being illegally in possession of a firearm after federal law enforcement say that he began planning a terrorist attack against Jews.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 9:39 am By: Daily Wire
A man from the Middle East was recently arrested in Texas for being illegally in possession of a firearm after federal law enforcement say that he began planning a terrorist attack against Jews.
 
A federal judge overturned California’s ban on so-called assault weapons on Thursday, saying the three-decade-old prohibition against semi-automatic firearms violates the constitutional right to bear arms.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 2:37 pm By: Daily Wire
A federal judge overturned California’s ban on so-called assault weapons on Thursday, saying the three-decade-old prohibition against semi-automatic firearms violates the constitutional right to bear arms.
 
An investigator working for Georgia‘s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accidentally shot and wounded herself with a firearm, according to authorities.
Published: Sunday, October 15th, 2023 @ 2:30 pm By: Daily Wire
An investigator working for Georgia‘s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis accidentally shot and wounded herself with a firearm, according to authorities.
 
Amid a surge of crime in California and local California police advising citizens to carry air horns to protect themselves from violent crime, Colt Manufacturing has announced a new attachment for their popular AR-15 firearm: the tactical air horn.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 1:15 pm By: Babylon Bee
Amid a surge of crime in California and local California police advising citizens to carry air horns to protect themselves from violent crime, Colt Manufacturing has announced a new attachment for their popular AR-15 firearm: the tactical air horn.
 
Hundreds of gun owners took to the streets of Albuquerque over the weekend to openly carry their firearms in defiance of the state’s Democrat governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, who unilaterally decided to suspend laws allowing open and concealed carry in the area.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 9:20 pm By: Daily Wire
Hundreds of gun owners took to the streets of Albuquerque over the weekend to openly carry their firearms in defiance of the state’s Democrat governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, who unilaterally decided to suspend laws allowing open and concealed carry in the area.
 
President Joe Biden called for more extensive gun control legislation in a recent post on X, ostensibly to keep children in schools safer — but ran straight into his own son’s trouble with existing federal laws regarding firearms.
President Joe Biden called for more extensive gun control legislation in a recent post on X, ostensibly to keep children in schools safer — but ran straight into his own son’s trouble with existing federal laws regarding firearms.
 
A federal judge halted a Colorado gun law that would raise the age of purchasing a firearm to 21 years old on Monday - just as the sweeping gun reform measure was set to go into effect.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 6:34 pm By: Daily Wire
A federal judge halted a Colorado gun law that would raise the age of purchasing a firearm to 21 years old on Monday - just as the sweeping gun reform measure was set to go into effect.
 
The N.C. Supreme Court's two most senior justices squared off in a case involving a felon convicted of illegal gun possession.
The N.C. Supreme Court's two most senior justices squared off in a case involving a felon convicted of illegal gun possession.
 
U.S. prosecutors are considering hitting President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, with a felony tax evasion charge, a potential felony charge related to the purchase of a firearm, and two misdemeanor charges for failing to file taxes, two sources said according to NBC News.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:12 pm By: Daily Wire
U.S. prosecutors are considering hitting President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, with a felony tax evasion charge, a potential felony charge related to the purchase of a firearm, and two misdemeanor charges for failing to file taxes, two sources said according to NBC News.
 
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has successfully negotiated an agreement with federal prosecutors to avoid jail time for charges of tax and firearm crimes by pleading "Biden."
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 9:49 pm By: Babylon Bee
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has successfully negotiated an agreement with federal prosecutors to avoid jail time for charges of tax and firearm crimes by pleading "Biden."
 
The attorney for hip-hop artist Kodak Black, who was sentenced to three years in prison for falsifying information on federal forms to buy firearms, ripped the plea deal given to Hunter Biden, who had admitted to the facts of a similar crime.
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 8:44 am By: Daily Wire
The attorney for hip-hop artist Kodak Black, who was sentenced to three years in prison for falsifying information on federal forms to buy firearms, ripped the plea deal given to Hunter Biden, who had admitted to the facts of a similar crime.
 
Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch tore into President Joe Biden’s recent comments about firearms, accusing him of delivering “the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard a politician say about guns.”
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By: Daily Wire
Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch tore into President Joe Biden’s recent comments about firearms, accusing him of delivering “the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard a politician say about guns.”
 
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced the NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative to urge North Carolinians to take action to safely store their firearms and save lives.
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced the NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative to urge North Carolinians to take action to safely store their firearms and save lives.
 
The National Rifle Association on Wednesday moved to intervene in a legal challenge to the pistol brace rule being implemented under the Biden administration by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 1:03 pm By: Daily Wire
The National Rifle Association on Wednesday moved to intervene in a legal challenge to the pistol brace rule being implemented under the Biden administration by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
 
credit card companies had set up special codes to track gun and ammo sale
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 1:03 pm By: John Steed
credit card companies had set up special codes to track gun and ammo sale
 
A transgender teacher in Florida has been removed from the classroom in the Hernando School District (HSD) and law enforcement officials have seized the individual’s firearms after they allegedly made a comment about wanting to shoot students.
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 @ 8:45 am By: Daily Wire
A transgender teacher in Florida has been removed from the classroom in the Hernando School District (HSD) and law enforcement officials have seized the individual’s firearms after they allegedly made a comment about wanting to shoot students.
 
A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Wednesday that federal laws that require individuals to be at least 21 years old to purchase handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers are unconstitutional.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 6:26 am By: Daily Wire
A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Wednesday that federal laws that require individuals to be at least 21 years old to purchase handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers are unconstitutional.
 
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday allowing Floridians to conceal carry a firearm without obtaining a permit.
Published: Monday, April 24th, 2023 @ 1:43 pm By: Daily Wire
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday allowing Floridians to conceal carry a firearm without obtaining a permit.
 
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues recently introduced the Merchant Category Code (MCC) Neutrality Act, legislation that would prohibit the IRS from auditing taxpayers based primarily on the MCC used by their business.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 1:11 am By: ENC NOW
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his colleagues recently introduced the Merchant Category Code (MCC) Neutrality Act, legislation that would prohibit the IRS from auditing taxpayers based primarily on the MCC used by their business.
 
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday aimed at keeping firearms out of “dangerous hands” by expanding background checks on gun sales and increasing the use of so-called red flag laws.
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 @ 12:44 am By: Daily Wire
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Tuesday aimed at keeping firearms out of “dangerous hands” by expanding background checks on gun sales and increasing the use of so-called red flag laws.
 
15 Rep Senators enabled the passage of the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act."
15 Rep Senators enabled the passage of the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act."
 
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force (Task Force) has submitted its 2023 Annual Report to Governor Cooper and the NC General Assembly.
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2023 @ 3:06 am By: ENC NOW
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force (Task Force) has submitted its 2023 Annual Report to Governor Cooper and the NC General Assembly.
 
Police in Texas said this week that the 16-year-old suspected of shooting three people at an El Paso mall was shot by a citizen who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 9:16 am By: Daily Wire
Police in Texas said this week that the 16-year-old suspected of shooting three people at an El Paso mall was shot by a citizen who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall.
 
In a stunning reversal, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado has reportedly decided not to spend eternity in Heaven after finding out there won't be firearms there. The lawmaker made her choice following a disappointing conversation with her pastor.
In a stunning reversal, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado has reportedly decided not to spend eternity in Heaven after finding out there won't be firearms there. The lawmaker made her choice following a disappointing conversation with her pastor.
 
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday against a ban on bump stocks put in place during the Trump administration after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By: Daily Wire
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday against a ban on bump stocks put in place during the Trump administration after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
 
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers said Friday the agency intercepted a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year, a nearly 10% increase over 2021's record level.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers said Friday the agency intercepted a record number of firearms at airport security checkpoints this year, a nearly 10% increase over 2021's record level.
 
A host of historic artifacts, including firearms linked to two presidents, are being sold this weekend, giving bidders the rare opportunity to own the gun of a former president.
A host of historic artifacts, including firearms linked to two presidents, are being sold this weekend, giving bidders the rare opportunity to own the gun of a former president.
 
A state judge has stopped a new Oregon law from taking effect that would create new barriers to purchasing firearms and ban the sale of any magazine larger than a 10-bullet clip.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 10:49 am By: Daily Wire
A state judge has stopped a new Oregon law from taking effect that would create new barriers to purchasing firearms and ban the sale of any magazine larger than a 10-bullet clip.
 
Federal law enforcement officials arrested 29-year-old Philadelphia Deputy Sheriff Samir Ahmad on Thursday after they caught him on video allegedly selling firearms that were used in a fatal school shooting by an illegal alien to an FBI informant who posed as an illegal alien.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 6:52 pm By: Daily Wire
Federal law enforcement officials arrested 29-year-old Philadelphia Deputy Sheriff Samir Ahmad on Thursday after they caught him on video allegedly selling firearms that were used in a fatal school shooting by an illegal alien to an FBI informant who posed as an illegal alien.
 

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