Author: Jack Bogart

Americans collectively own more firearms than ever before. According to new estimates from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, civilian gun ownership in the United States has surpassed the 500 million mark, reaching an estimated 506.1 million firearms currently in private hands. That figure is based on a review of federal manufacturing and import data compiled from 1990 through 2023 using records from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The estimate accounts for firearms manufactured domestically and sold within the United States, as well as firearms imported for the commercial market. The data also sheds light on the continued…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An 81-year-old Florida woman was arrested Friday after allegedly trying to hire someone to commit a murder, detailing the plot to an undercover law enforcement officer, authorities said.Elouise Ruth Leland, of Hernando, was taken into custody after detectives received confidential information earlier this month indicating she was actively seeking someone to carry out a killing, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.Detectives launched an investigation and arranged for Leland to meet with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a hitman.During the meeting on Friday, authorities said Leland discussed…

NEED TO KNOW Alejandro Rosales Castillo, one of the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” criminals, was captured in Mexico on Jan. 16He is wanted for the 2016 murder of his 23-year-old coworker, Truc Quan “Sandy” Ly Le”Sadly, Sandy’s family began another new year without her. We hope knowing her accused killer is in custody will provide some level of solace now,” FBI Charlotte Special Agent in Charge James C. Barnacle Jr. said One of the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” criminals has been captured after a decade on the run. Alejandro Rosales Castillo, wanted for the 2016 murder of his 23-year-old co-worker,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the head on the front porch of her home by her husband’s 17-year-old mistress, Amy Fisher, who was later dubbed the “Long Island Lolita.”Nearly 34 years after her husband’s affair almost turned fatal, the suburban mom at the center of the scandal is telling her story in the Lifetime biopic “I Am Mary Jo Buttafuoco,” starring Chloe Lanier as her younger self.”I’m as recovered as I’m going to get,” Buttafuoco, now 70 and a grandmother, told Fox News Digital. “I still have the effects of this…

NEED TO KNOW Helle Crafts was a 39-year-old Pan Am flight attendant and mother of threeProsecutors said her husband Richard B. Crafts destroyed her body using a wood chipperRichard B. Crafts was convicted in Connecticut’s first murder case without a body Helle Crafts disappeared from her Connecticut home in 1986, and prosecutors later alleged her husband killed her and fed her dismembered body through a wood chipper — leaving investigators to prove a murder without a body. The 39-year-old flight attendant, who was born in Denmark and worked for Pan American World Airways, was last seen after returning home from…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In the eight years between his divorce and his arrest, Michael McKee built a medical career that spanned four states, even as the woman he is now accused of killing built a new life and family in Ohio.McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon, was indicted Friday on four counts of aggravated murder, each with firearm specifications, according to an indictment filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.Three of the aggravated murder counts include specifications alleging the use or display of an automatic firearm or silencer, while the fourth alleges a firearm was displayed…

NEED TO KNOW Alesha Marie Martin was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Jan. 14 after pleading guilty to a felony charge of willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicineThe Nevada mother admitted to giving prescription medication to her infant son — and the medication was not prescribed to him — authorities saidThe prescription was reportedly crushed up clonidine pills, which is used for high blood pressure and ADHD symptoms A Nevada mother has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of giving her infant son prescription medication not prescribed to him. Alesha Marie Martin, 25, was sentenced to…

NEED TO KNOW A 5-year-old girl almost lost her hand in a dog attack on Jan. 5 The girl’s father intervened to save his daughter and also sustained injuriesThe child’s aunt has described the incident as a “terrifying and life-changing ordeal” for the girl and her parents, per a GoFundMe established on behalf of the family A 5-year-old girl almost lost her hand in a brutal dog attack — and her father was injured saving her life. The incident occurred on Monday, Jan. 5, according to a GoFundMe established by the girl’s aunt, Sizakele Irvin, on behalf of the family. Our…

The House of Representatives’ vote to override Democrat Gov. Mark Stein’s veto of North Carolina’s constitutional carry measure has once again been delayed, causing frustration for many gun owners who wonder if the override vote will ever be held. After this most recent delay, the vote has now been set for February 9. On June 11, the North Carolina House voted 59-48 in favor of Senate Bill 50, recognizing the natural right, guaranteed by the United States Constitution, of the people to bear arms. In other words, they voted to enact Constitutional Carry, making it legal for those 18 and over, who…

NEED TO KNOW The Hillside Stranglers, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, were accused of kidnapping, raping and strangling 10 women in a five-month period between 1977 and 1978They were caught when Bianchi was arrested for two other murders a year after the killings stoppedWhile Buono died in jail in 2002, Bianchi continues to be imprisoned It’s been nearly 50 years since the Hillside Stranglers sent the city of Los Angeles into a frenzied panic. The serial killers, later revealed to be cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, were accused of kidnapping, raping and strangling 10 women between October 1977 and…