An Evans man shot three times during an altercation with a DoorDash driver is expected to survive and faces an attempted carjacking charge, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred Thursday in a Martinez shopping center parking lot.

There was no testimony during the trial that Daga broke any law with his firearms. In New York mere possession of a homemade firearm is a crime.

There were no ATF or any other federal agents present when law enforcement raided Daga’s home in 2025. The entire investigation was conducted by the New York State Police. These state troopers examined purchases Daga had made online, after they were told to look at his online history by New York’s Queens County District Attorney’s Office.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that federal limits on buying handguns across state lines burden conduct the Second Amendment protects. The court said the right to keep and bear arms includes acquiring firearms. The panel reversed the district court and rendered judgment for the challengers in Elite Precision Customs L.L.C. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, decided September 18, 2026. The majority described the ban as conflicting with the Amendment’s plain text, rejecting narrower views of the right.

he moment came during a conversation between Justice Clarence Thomas and US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the Verdict podcast, and it did not require a constitutional law degree to follow.

Thomas put it plainly: “The Second Amendment says the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. It assumes a right. It doesn’t grant a right.”

Nine words. That is all it took to gut the philosophical foundation behind virtually every gun control scheme currently working its way through Democrat-controlled legislatures and federal courts.