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Six New Mexico counties are reacting to the state-level push for a red flag law and universal background checks by making clear they will not enforce the new gun controls.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that the Constitution’s protection against excessive fines blocked Indiana from seizing a high-end vehicle, but Justice Clarence Thomas would have reached the same result by another route, with Justice Neil Gorsuch signaling support for Thomas’s originalist argument.  

Body cam footage released February 20, 2019, shows a suspect shoot at a Napa County Sheriff’s deputy only to be killed as a result.

Firearm manufacturer 2A Armament’s XLR-18 is a precision rifle and one of the lightest AR-10s on the market, if not the lightest.

Over 92 percent of NRA members oppose criminalizing private gun sales via universal background checks.

An armed robbery suspect in Jacksonville, Arkansas, was shot and fatally wounded by an Express Mart gas station clerk.

Surveillance video shows four suspects taking 79 firearms from a Prairie Grove, Arkansas, Ace Hardware store after entering the business during the early morning hours.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) pushed universal background checks even after they failed to prevent the Henry Pratt Company shooting in Illinois.

During the hearings for universal background checks, House Democrats rejected a proposal to alert Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if an illegal alien is discovered via a background check for a firearm.

Four people were discovered dead in a Cedar Springs, Michigan, home on Monday, according to authorities.

James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC) are pushing an extension to allow 10 business days for instant background checks to be completed.

Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana reported that an intrusion suspect died in a gun battle with a homeowner.

The Kentucky Senate passed a bill late last week to eliminate the state’s concealed carry permit requirement.

Police say the man who opened fire in the gun-free Henry Pratt Company facility in Aurora, Illinois, had his Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card revoked and possessed his gun illegally.

Three armed suspects were caught on video fleeing after the owner of the home they were targeting opened fire.

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed universal background checks into law on Friday.

The February 15, 2019, shooting at Henry Pratt Company (HPC) occurred even though HPC is a gun-free zone. 

A red flag law and universal background checks failed to stop the Aurora, Illinois, shooting that killed five people Friday.

Multiple people were wounded, including police officers, during a shooting in a Chicago factory Friday.

House Democrats formulated refused to allow Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) to testify in defense of the Second Amendment.

On the February 14, 2019, President Trump honored the victims of that heinous attack and recommitted to the safety of children.

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) notes the House Democrats’ push for universal background checks is really an effort to create a gun registry.

Police in Kingsport, Tennessee, say a man entered a dental office Wednesday morning to kill his wife and was shot multiple times by an armed patient.

House Democrats want a vote on gun control that would not have stopped the Parkland high school shooting, the 2017 Las Vegas attack, or the 2016 Orlando Pulse shooting.

Real estate agents are increasingly carrying handguns with them on the job for self-defense.

Gun control advocate David Hogg is urging fellow gun control proponents to fight efforts to arm Florida teachers for self-defense.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” gun control advocate David Hogg said he was working to “ban assault weapons” in his home state of Florida. Discussing working with relatives of some of the 17 people killed at last years mass shooting

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced it will rehear a case which a three-judge panel decided in favor of open carry in July. 

A report from Reuters reveals that a “top priority” for Moms Demand Action is being sure teachers remained unarmed in Florida classrooms.

Gabby Giffords’ pro-gun control husband, Mark Kelly, announced he will seek to run against Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) in 2020.

During his Monday night rally in El Paso, Texas, President Donald Trump defended the Second Amendment by recounting the Battle of Gonzales and saying, “Come and Take It.”

Palmetto, Florida’s Manatee School for the Arts has hired two armed combat veterans to protect students and teachers while at the school.

West Virginia Republican lawmakers are pushing campus carry legislation to allow concealed carry permit holders to be armed for self-defense while on public campuses.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) Trustees voted to preserve a gun-free environment by keeping police officers unarmed on campus.

The NRA-ILA reports there will be a secret gun control push this Tuesday in Nevada in a special joint judiciary hearing.

Twenty-nine of New Mexico’s 33 Sheriffs signed a letter against a red flag law, universal background checks, and other gun controls being pushed by the state’s Democrat lawmakers.