HANOVER, Md. —
A gunshot was fired during a struggle Saturday inside Arundel Mills Mall, and three assailants are in custody after a police pursuit into Baltimore County, police said.
Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said officers were called around 5 p.m. for a gunshot fired during a fight at the mall.
Mulcahy said a man was leaving the Burlington Coat Factory store when three people approached and assaulted him.
Police said the victim pulled out a gun, a struggle ensued and the weapon discharged. One of the assailants was struck in a wrist.
The assailants fled in a black Nissan Altima that was tracked by the police Real-Time Information Center on Interstate 97 in the Glen Burnie area, Mulcahy said. Officers pursued the vehicle onto the Beltway before it ultimately exited and crashed in Baltimore County and the assailants ran off, police said.
Aided by aerial units, officers tracked down all three assailants, two of whom suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.
Mulcahy said an officer was also injured in a crash during the pursuit and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A motive remains unknown and it was not immediately known whether the victim and assailants knew each other.
Police said there was no active threat inside the mall, which remained open.
In the latest chapter of an ongoing feud between Beretta Holding S.A. and Sturm, Ruger & Company, the Italian-based firearms manufacturer has sent a letter to Ruger’s Board of Directors “regarding a potential partial tender offer for up to 20.05% of the outstanding shares of the Company it does not already own at a purchase price of $44.80 per share in cash,” according to a notice posted Thursday at The Outdoor Wire, which has been covering the controversy.
Ruger subsequently issued a terse response, noting the Board, “has received a letter from Beretta Holding S.A. (“Beretta”), in which Beretta proposes, subject to certain conditions, to commence a partial tender offer for up to 20.05% of the outstanding shares of the Company, which if successful would effectively increase Beretta’s ownership stake in Ruger to approximately 30%. Such proposed partial tender offer has not actually commenced.
“Shareholders do not need to take any action at this time,” the Ruger statement said. “The Board, in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, will assess Beretta’s letter and respond in due course.”
In its 1,301-word message posted at The Outdoor Wire, Beretta Holding asserted, “From the outset, Beretta Holding has been clear about the desire to make a more meaningful investment in the Company, further enhancing alignment with all shareholders; however, the Ruger Board responded by immediately and defensively standing in the way.”
The controversy leaped into the spotlight earlier this month, with the two companies posting their perspectives. The Outdoor Wire has been diligently posting each side’s public messages, essentially allowing readers to make their own conclusions.
Further in its letter, Beretta Holding states, “The potential tender offer described above has not yet commenced. This communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of common stock.”
Beretta also encourages Ruger stockholders to “read the tender offer statement.”
“Beretta Holding intends to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying WHITE universal proxy card with the SEC to be used to solicit votes for the election of Beretta Holding’s slate of highly qualified director nominees at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company,” the letter states.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that legally exported American firearms are fueling criminal violence and arming cartels across the Western Hemisphere.
Reuters reviewed the letter sent on Sunday by Senator Elizabeth Fauxcahontas Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Gregory Meeks of New York to Under Secretary of Commerce Jeffrey Kessler.
Warren and Meeks, the top Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, respectively, invoked their oversight authority under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to demand a sweeping accounting of semi-automatic firearm export licenses approved since January 2025.
The Left: “We are the anti Nazis.” The Left: *does all the National Socialist things, like censorship, mass surveillance, collectivism, street violence, state control of the media, the economy, and entertainment, racial politics, and antisemitism*
-Alice Smith
There are zero federal gun controls authorized by the Constitution.
– Ted Nugent
Twelve tons of KitKat chocolate bars went missing in Europe last week after thieves made off with the truck transporting them, Swiss food giant Nestle (NESN.S), opens new tab said on Saturday.
KitKat, which is made by Nestle, said the truck carrying 413,793 bars of its new range set off from central Italy to distribute the chocolate throughout Europe, but never reached its scheduled final destination in Poland.
The vehicle and the merchandise remain unaccounted for.
Nestle did not reveal where exactly the truck was lost.
In a separate statement, KitKat said the missing bars are traceable via a unique batch code.
For decades the New Jersey State Police have maintained a “good ol’ boy” culture, according to one man who is trying to bring sunlight into the darkened corridors of police power. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for police, but they are not more special than you or me,” said New Jersey resident and SNW contributor, John Petrolino.
New Jersey resident John Petrolino (Photo: John Petrolino)
Problems first began when Petrolino attempted to obtain a New Jersey carry permit. The four-month process cost him hundreds of dollars for the permit itself plus training and background-check fees and must be renewed every two years.“I have both First and Second Amendment permits,” he said Monday. “Don’t forget they make journalists get a New Jersey press card, too.”
Petrolino became curious about the Second Amendment rights New Jersey residents have compared to those of retired state police officers, so he sent a series of three public records request to the state’s Attorney General and to the New Jersey State Police.In one of his requests, he asked for the number of state carry permits obtained by retired police officers.
His goal was simple.
“I wanted to compare how retired police officers were treated versus civilians,” he said. “Are retired police officers having the same trends that civilians get? Is there the same potential bias in their denials? Is there favoritism?”
The New Jersey State Police first asked for an extension, but then denied his request, claiming it was overly broad and that he asked for information that wasn’t an actual record.
Petrolino emailed the state police records bureau, stating he did not understand why they were denying such a simple request.“They said they can’t make firearm information public,” he said. “Our next course of action was to sue the state.”
Petrolino and his attorney filed a lawsuit in February. His first court date is next month.
“The public deserves to know if there is some sort of perceived bias or preferential treatment going on here,” he said. “It needs to be exposed and talked about. It’s strictly a Sunshine issue. The New Jersey State Police have denied every single public records request I’ve made. Even the New Jersey AG’s Office has fulfilled my records requests, whereas the state police have never once returned a single one.”
Petrolino, a Second Amendment journalist, has made public records requests in other states, which have complied with his requests.“But for some reason, the New Jersey State Police do not want to give any records to the public,” he said.
Regardless of the outcome, Petrolino said he has no plans to ever leave New Jersey and move to a free state.“Someone has got to be here to fight or shut the lights off when it’s over,” he said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, with support from the National Rifle Association, is arguing that nonviolent felons should not lose their Second Amendment rights.
“My duty is to protect and defend the rights of the people as enshrined in our Constitution because those rights are nonnegotiable. As Attorney General, my commitment is to the people, no matter the cost,” Uthmeier said in a post on X.
The Attorney General’s position mirrors efforts by the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, the organization’s legal and lobbying arm, which has long worked to defend Second Amendment rights through litigation and policy advocacy.
“The NRA has long held that firearm bans for nonviolent felons violate the Second Amendment, and Uthmeier is now advancing that argument in a state case, underscoring that such individuals are not barred from exercising their constitutional rights,” the advocacy arm of the NRA wrote on its X account.
Uthmeier made the case in Morgan v. State of Florida, which is now before the state’s First District Court of Appeal. The case involves Morgan, who was convicted in 2007 of a third-degree felony under Pennsylvania law for carrying a firearm without a license.
During a traffic stop in 2022, Morgan told officers he had a gun in his car’s center console. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon. Morgan challenged the law as unconstitutional. After a trial court upheld his conviction, he appealed.
The state initially defended the conviction but changed course on Feb. 13, 2026. On March 18, Uthmeier filed a supplemental brief explaining the shift.
The brief leans on the Supreme Court’s text-and-history test, arguing that prohibiting gun ownership for nonviolent felons isn’t justified. It says Morgan, despite his felony, remains part of “the people” protected by the Second Amendment.
It also points to historical examples, noting that English, Founding-era, and Reconstruction-era laws only disarmed people who were demonstrably dangerous or posed a public safety risk. Uthmeier’s brief argues that a felony conviction alone shouldn’t automatically strip someone of their gun rights.
While the brief notes that most felonies suggest some level of dangerousness, it says Morgan’s record shows no evidence he posed a threat.
Without the Second Amendment, all other rights are vulnerable.
– Black Guns Matter
