Michael Clements
Reporter
Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights.
Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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North Dakota Governor Considering Property Tax Reform Plan
Oil tax revenue in Legacy Fund account and general fund money would be used to eliminate property taxes on primary residences over the next decade.
Gun Rights Group Says ATF Circumventing Court Ruling That Strikes Down Pistol Brace Rule
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives denies violating a court order vacating the controversial pistol brace rule adopted in 2023.
Supreme Court Turns Away 2 Second Amendment Cases, 2 Others Could Be Heard
The court turned down cases on legal process and licensing but may still consider challenges to weapons and magazine bans in Maryland and Rhode Island.
DOJ Gun Study Recommends Funding for Gun Tracing, Expanded Background Checks
New report is Volume IV of firearms commerce and trafficking study ordered by President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2021.
Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Take Up 3 Second Amendment Cases
Cases set for Jan. 10 conference for possible inclusion in the high court’s docket cover state bans on certain rifles and magazines, injunctions on gun laws.
ATF Director Dettelbach to Step Down 2 Days Before Trump’s Inauguration
Supporters say he has enhanced public safety by implementing Biden’s gun control agenda while gun rights advocates say he curtailed their constitutional rights.
Family Members Say Wards of the State Lost Rights and Assets Under Guardianship
Probate Court judges and the guardians they appoint have wide-ranging authority over a ward’s life and can even ignore a ward’s advance directives.
NRA Agrees to a Dozen Reforms in Settlement With New York State Attorney General
Former NRA officials Wayne LaPierre and Wilson ‘Woody’ Phillips were ordered to repay $4.35 million and $2 million to the gun rights organization respectively.
CEO Murder Suspect Caught Carrying ‘Ghost Gun’—Here’s What to Know About Them
US Supreme Court recently heard arguments for and against government regulation of privately manufactured firearms, or ‘ghost guns.’
Worcester, Mass., Police Accused of Misconduct and Bias in DOJ Report
Federal investigators said they found evidence of excessive force, sexual misconduct, and ‘disproportionate policing’ based on race.
