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A homeowner in Dallas, Texas, is facing charges after shooting an alleged burglar then going back to bed before calling police.

Statistics drawn from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program show that the violent crime rate in 2018 hit its lowest level since 1971.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and 21 state attorneys general are pushing for Congressional action to secure background checks for ammunition sales.

FBI crime stats for 2018 show that more people were killed with hammers and clubs than were shot and killed with rifles.

FBI crime stats for 2018 show more than twice as many people were beaten to death with fists and feet than were killed with rifles of any kind.

FBI crime stats for 2018 show over five times as many people were killed with knives and/or other cutting instruments than were killed with rifles.

Vice suggested on Monday that President Donald Trump is using impeachment to avoid instituting more gun control.

Gun control proponent Michael Bloomberg says Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s confiscatory talk feeds gun control opposition.

A poll conducted by The Hill/Harris X shows Democrat voters are the driving force behind confiscatory AR-15 policies like those espoused by Robert “Beto” O’Rourke.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the U.S. Senate to vote on universal background checks and stated that “Now is not the time to go ‘very slowly’ on gun violence.” Durbin urged Senate

Democrat presidential hopeful Robert “Beto” O’Rourke is apparently trying to garner support for his AR-15 confiscation plan by tweeting about a 2013 shotgun attack in Virginia.

The Senate “assault weapons” ban outlaws 205 specific guns, magazines holding 11 rounds or more, and bump stocks, which are already illegal.

A Philadelphia homeowner shot an intrusion suspect in the head, killing him, Wednesday night. The homeowner also suffered a superficial bullet wound to his own head.

A former officer who served 22 years the Tulsa Police Department testified before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday and told them she “will not comply” with an “assault weapons” ban.

Andrew Pollack condemned a state official’s recommendation Wednesday that suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel be reinstated.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal suggested gun control is “just like that civil rights movement” during a Wednesday gun control rally on Capitol Hill.

During a September 25, gun control rally on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swelled “gun violence” deaths by 66 percent.

A man allegedly pulled a gun on his estranged wife Monday afternoon then died after she shot him twice. KATU 2 reports that the woman called 911 to claim she had shot her husband. The 911 dispatcher told deputies, “He came at her with a weapon. She shot him.”

DENVER (AP) — Alarmed by violence depicted in a trailer for the upcoming movie “Joker,” some relatives of victims of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting asked distributor Warner Bros. on Tuesday to commit to gun control causes.

An unnamed Senate staffer told the Washington Beacon’s Stephen Gutowski that gun control legislation is dead for now, as “the impeachment inquiry” is looming.

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Protecting America from Assault Weapons” on Wednesday.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” host Lawrence O’Donnell wondered if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) agreed to a unanimous consent request to submit the whistleblower complaint to Congressional Intelligence Committees because doing so “gives him time

President Trump suggests Democrats have dropped the pursuit of gun control, infrastructure funding, and prescription drug relief in order to try to hurt Republicans. 

Warner Bros. will not show “Joker” in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where a deadly mass shooting occurred during the premiere of the Batman sequel, “The Dark Knight Rises” in 2012.

President Donald Trump outlined the central political philosophy of his administration in his annual address to the opening of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday: national sovereignty is the foundation of liberty.

While explaining her efforts to urge the Senate to pass gun control, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) described AR-15s as “heavy” rifles that shoot “.50 caliber” bullets.

President Trump told reporters over the weekend the administration is “working with [Sen.] Joe Manchin” regarding the current gun control push.

At least 25 people shot, five fatally, over the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago.

An elderly woman in Rock Island, Oklahoma, shot and killed an intrusion suspect Sunday.

Fifty-three people were reportedly killed by mass shootings in America in August while 40,000 were killed by obesity during that same month.

Breitbart News’s AWR Hawkins won the 2019 Journalist of the Year award at the 34th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference. 

Democrats are worried Beto O’Rourke is playing into Republican hands with his relentless gun confiscation talk.

Democrat presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke responded to those who want to keep their AR-15s by asking why they do not pursue ownership of a bazooka as well.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged a ban on “military-grade” semiautomatic rifles in an attempt to redirect his campaign after his blackface controversy.

A woman carrying a Glock pistol appeared at a Beto O’Rourke rally in Colorado on Thursday, challenging him for his comment about taking AR-15s and AK-47s from American gun owners.

The Trump Administration deployed Attorney General Bill Barr to meet with Members of Congress and float a proposal that would significantly expand background checks for firearms purchases.