Author: Jack Bogart

Walk into any gun store in America, and you can purchase a muzzle brake, flash hider, or riflescope without filling out a single form beyond the standard background check for the firearm itself. But try to buy a suppressor, a device that serves primarily as hearing protection—and you’ll encounter a bureaucratic maze involving a $200 tax stamp, months of waiting, and ATF approval. This doesn’t make sense, especially when you understand what suppressors actually do versus what Hollywood has trained us to believe. Movies and television have sold the public a dangerous fiction: that suppressors turn firearms into whisper-quiet assassination…

NEED TO KNOW Aaron Spencer announced his plan to run for Lonoke County Sheriff on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday, Oct. 10The military veteran allegedly fatally shot a 67-year-old man he found in a truck with his teenage daughterHe is scheduled to go to trial on charges of second-degree murder in January 2026 An Arkansas father who allegedly killed a man he found in a truck with his teenage daughter is now running for sheriff. Aaron Spencer, 37, announced his plan to run for Lonoke County Sheriff on his campaign’s Facebook page Friday, Oct. 10. Spencer, who is charged with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former banker and accomplice of Alex Murdaugh has learned his fate after pleading guilty to eight felony charges stemming from financial crimes committed alongside the convicted murderer. A South Carolina judge sentenced Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, to 13 years in state prison on Monday, according to FOX 57. The sentence comes after prosecutors said Laffitte exploited his roles as a court-appointed conservator for Murdaugh’s personal injury clients and chief of Palmetto State Bank to funnel over $2 million in fraudulent transfers from clients to Murdaugh and himself, the outlet…

NEED TO KNOW An 18-year-old boy was killed and several others injured in a shooting that broke out during a balloon release to honor a homicide victim in St. Louis, Mo.Police said four other men were also shotNo arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing One person was killed and four others injured in a shooting that occurred during a balloon release to honor a murder victim in St. Louis, Mo., authorities said. Police believe the gunfire erupted after a group made an appearance at the vigil in Hamilton Heights on Oct. 8, according to a press release…

A coalition of gun-rights organizations has taken another step in the effort to dismantle the National Firearms Act (NFA). On October 9, the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and American Suppressor Association (ASA) filed another lawsuit challenging the 1934 law. At issue is whether the law is even applicable now that the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) and any other weapons (AOWs), as defined by the law, was removed in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” In the latest lawsuit, Jensen v. ATF, filed with the U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an interview with Fox News Digital, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, whose National Guard troops were recently deployed in support of ICE operations in Chicago, revealed the “substantive reason” why he has such a good working relationship with the president: “We both believe in the rule of law.””President Trump and I have a good, long-standing, working relationship, and there’s a substantive reason behind that. We both believe in the rule of law. We both believe in public safety. We both believed in securing the borders,” he explained.Abbott said that he and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania marked the release of the remaining living hostages held by Hamas, the terror group that perpetrated the heinous October 7, 2023, attack in Israel.He credited President Donald Trump with helping to negotiate the peace agreement that led to the release of the captives kidnapped during the attack.”The nightmare finally ends. May the hostages have a full recovery and may we never forget those who didn’t make it out alive. Credit to @POTUS for a breakthrough ceasefire of this awful war,” Fetterman noted in his post on…

NEED TO KNOW A North Carolina man was sentenced to 28 to 35 years behind bars for killing his mother in 2023Prosecutors said Donald Fink fatally shot his 65-year-old mother, Debra “Debbie” Fink, but initially told police she was killed by a home intruderDonald’s DNA was found on the murder weapon and magazine, and his hands tested positive for gunshot residue A North Carolina man will spend decades in prison for killing his mother after initially telling police that she had been shot by a home intruder.  Donald Fink was sentenced to 28 to 35 years behind bars after pleading…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New York City man with nearly two dozen arrests is facing even more time behind bars for allegedly fatally striking a cancer survivor with his motorcycle last year, according to police. Timothy Bohler, 31, is accused of slamming into Lelawattie Narine, 52, with his Jiajue motorcycle in the Bronx at around 8:30 p.m. on March 22, 2024, the New York Daily News reported. The pair reportedly fell into the street, with Bohler abandoning his motorcycle and fleeing the scene on foot. Narine, who was standing on a nearby street corner at the time of…

NEED TO KNOW For years, Ellen Greenberg’s parents, Josh and Sandee Greenberg, have sought answers about their daughter’s 2011 deathIn Feb. 2025, they settled lawsuits with the City of Philadelphia and others, asking the city to reevaluate their daughter’s manner of death, which they believe should be changed to homicide or undeterminedThe Chief Medical Examiner issued a 32-page review saying she will keep Greenberg’s manner of death as suicide The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has reviewed Ellen Greenberg’s 2011 death and concluded again that she died by suicide. The long-awaited determination comes just before a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Oct.…