Author: Jack Bogart

South Carolina lawmakers are one step closer to making the Palmetto State the 21st to ban the use of firearms-specific merchant category codes (MCCs) for citizens buying guns and ammunition. Last week, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed House Bill 3930, which would prohibit the use of firearm- and ammunition-specific Merchant Category Codes. The … Read more The post S.C. Seeks To Be 21st State To Ban Firearm Specific Merchant Category Codes appeared first on The Truth About Guns. Read the full article here

A Venezuelan man in the United States illegally was tackled at a New Hampshire courthouse by federal agents earlier this year after he fled from their attempt to detain him quietly in an elevator.Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez, 33, was taken into custody while he was heading to a court arraignment on charges for drunken driving, driving without a license and failing to provide information after an accident, according to The Associated Press via the Nashua Police Department.Video from Feb. 20 that was released by the Nashua Circuit Court on Monday showed Colmenarez going through security at the courthouse and getting into…

A brutal attack in Florida left one woman dead and her daughter in critical condition over the weekend. It all happened just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 when an individual broke into the home of Maguy Pouye in North Fort Lauderdale, according to a news release from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The individual proceeded to violently stab Pouye and her daughter, Isabelle Joseph, before fleeing the scene, police said. Deputies arrived on the scene to find both women suffering from stab wounds, and paramedics soon took the women to a nearby hospital where doctors declared Pouye deceased, according…

An Ohio man who allegedly lied about training canines for the U.S. Border Patrol is accused of killing at least nine dogs in his care, authorities allege. Stephen Gossmeyer, 42, of Madison County, was arrested on March 14 and charged with animal cruelty and tampering with records, according to online court records. He remains held in the Madison County jail on a $25,000 bond. “I’ve been on a lot of animal calls throughout my career here at Madison County and by far, this was probably the worst location I’ve been at when it comes to the living conditions of these…

A Brazilian woman in the United States illegally and charged with sex crimes against a Massachusetts child has been handed over to federal custody, authorities said Monday. Ilma Leandro De Oliveira, 53, was arrested in Falmouth, 70 miles south of Boston, on March 20 by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).RACHEL MORIN MURDER: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT DENIED EVER BEING IN MARYLAND AT TIME OF CRIME “Ilma Leandro De Oliveira is charged with seven different crimes regarding the sexual victimization of a child in our Massachusetts community,” said…

In January 2011, Ellen Greenberg was busy planning her wedding to her fiancé, Sam Goldberg. After careful consideration, the Philadelphia-based couple compiled their guest list and sent out save-the-date announcements. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2011, Ellen spoke to her mother, Sandee Goldberg, before heading to her job as a first-grade teacher. That night, Sam returned home to the couple’s luxury apartment and found Ellen dead on the kitchen floor, suffering from 20 stab wounds and bruises all over her body. On January 27, 2011, the day after Ellen died, medical examiner Dr. Marlon Osbourne performed an autopsy and…

The suspect accused of setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion over the weekend was out on bail when he allegedly committed the crime, Fox News has learned.Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resident Cody Balmer, 38, made bail and was due in court later this week over a 2023 simple assault charge, according to court records. A source told Fox News that the case was related to a domestic dispute. Balmer was arraigned on Monday in connection with the arson attack, where he stuck his tongue out at reporters trying to ask him questions. Speaking to Judge Dale Klein, Balmer identified himself as…

Political violence is spiraling out of control.I don’t care which party you identify with. I don’t care if you like or dislike Donald Trump. This has been building for years, and perhaps we’ve become as inured to it as we have with most mass shootings.The most prominent example, of course, is the two assassination attempts against the president. On the shooting in Butler, Pa. that grazed his ear, Trump would not have survived if he hadn’t been turning his head to point to a chart. The second attempt was foiled by the Secret Service.More than 60 years after the death…

A California mother is charged with murder following the death of her 4-year-old daughter in a car crash. Juliette Marie Acosta, 26, was first charged with driving under the influence after she allegedly crashed into an irrigation canal on March 8 near Hickman, Calif., the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. Prosecutors alleged that Acosta’s blood alcohol level was almost three times the legal limit when she crashed, and that she left her car while her daughter, Reagan Herrin, was still trapped inside. When Reagan was discovered inside the car, authorities alleged that Acosta was taking…

Four people in Spain were arrested after an intern took a video of a nursery worker violently pushing the head of a toddler against a wall while trying to feed him. Three employees and the daycare’s director were arrested by Spanish National Police, according to El Mundo.  In the video, the woman, in Spanish, appears to tell the child to swallow the food being pushed toward the toddler’s face. “Spit it out, I’ll put it back,” she tells the crying child. After pushing the toddler’s head against a wall, the caregiver appears to quickly yank the child and flip him…