A Hunter Accidentally Shoots a Protected Trumpeter Swan While Out in the Field — Then Faces a 4th Class Misdemeanor Charge
A waterfowl hunt can go sideways fast when the bird in your sights isn’t what you thought it was….
A California Man Finds an Antique .22 Rifle Among His Late Father’s Things — Then Learns His Felon Dad Wasn’t Allowed to Own It
Most of us have dug through a late parent’s boxes and found the usual stuff—old photos, a pocketknife, maybe…
A Canadian Woman Bought Her Boyfriend A Gun As A Gift For His New License — Then He Refused To Give It Back After They Split
A lot of folks treat a first firearms license like a milestone. In British Columbia, one woman marked that…
A Gun Buyer’s Background Check Failed Because Someone Else Already Used His Identity — Then He Had To Ask For A New UPIN Number
There’s a certain kind of frustration that only happens at a gun counter: you’ve got your paperwork in order,…
A Woman Tried To Buy Her Brother A Birthday Rifle On Her Own Credit Card — Then The Store Called It An Illegal Straw Purchase
Buying a rifle as a birthday surprise sounds simple: find a good deal, swipe a card, start the waiting…
A Woman Tried To Buy Her Own AR-15 At Academy With Her Husband Standing Beside Her — Then The Store Flagged It As A Straw Purchase
Walking up to a big-box gun counter should be the easy part. You show your ID, fill out the…
A Landowner Discovered Trespassers Cutting Down His Trees To Ride ATVs Through The Property — Then Called In The Authorities
If you’ve owned a piece of rural ground for any length of time, you’ve probably dealt with the occasional…
A Hunter Was Reported To The Game Warden For Illegally Hunting Public Land — Then Every License And Tag Checked Out Clean
You can be doing everything right on a public-land hunt and still end up staring at a badge and…
A Nevada Property Owner Found An Antique .22 Left By A Tenant He Couldn’t Track Down — Then Had To Learn If Keeping It Was Legal
Every landowner who’s rented a place long enough has found something a tenant forgot. Most of it is junk….
A Divorcing Father’s Settlement Ordered Him To Give His Ex An AR-15 And A .45 — Then He Realized She Never Specified Which Ones
Divorce paperwork has a way of turning everyday stuff into line items, and sometimes those line items get oddly…