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The Detroit City Council unanimously passed a “Bullet Bill” ordinance that creates an ammunition tax and requires a mental background check for bullet purchases.

Dashcam video from a Florida police chase shows a deputy shooting through his windshield and to take out an allegedly armed suspect.

Chicago Mercy Hospital gunman Juan Lopez purchased a number of guns legally during the past five years. 

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) suggests Snope’s debunked the claim he “made [a] serious threat to nuke gun-owners.”

Chicago Mercy Hospital, the site of Monday’s heinous shooting, is a state-mandated gun-free zone. Moreover, Mercy’s parking lot–the spot where the shooting began–is mandate gun-free as well.

Hours after the shooting that occurred near and in Chicago Mercy Hospital on Monday the Chicago Police Department mourned the death of Officer Samuel Jimenez.

The gunman who allegedly killed three at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital is identified as 32-year-old Juan Lopez.

The New York Times reports that Gabby Giffords’ gun control group and Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety spent nearly $40 million “at the state and federal level in the midterms.” The NRA spent $20 million.

Shannon Watts claims the NRA exploited the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack to enrich itself and sell guns.

The King County Board of Health is requiring gun stores and shooting ranges to post warning signs regarding risks associated with firearms.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) says he was being “sarcastic” when he talked of nuking gun owners who refuse to comply with his confiscatory plans banning “assault weapons.”

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) tweeted Sunday to claim no one is immune from gun violence and it is time for Congress to pass more gun laws.

The NRA and Second Amendment Foundation filed suit against the gun controls in Washington state’s Initiative 1639.

QuikTrip convenience stores added good guys with guns in Wichita, Kansas, and the results were so good that they are expanding the program to stores in other areas.

Attorneys working as public defenders in Peoria County, Illinois, argue that requiring a permit in order to carry a gun for self-defense outside the home is unconstitutional.

The firearm procurement process in Toledo, Ohio, is being used by Mayor  Wade Kapszukiewicz (D) to force gun makers to adopt more controls.

Police Chief Loren Culp of Republic, Washington, says the gun controls in the newly passed Initiative 1639 will not be enforced in his county.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) defended a potential “assault weapons” buyback Friday afternoon, saying that if gun owners defy a legislative ban, “the government has nukes.”

A Wisconsin hunter shot a 19-point buck Saturday after tracking the animal for years.

Dash cam video shows a Grand Rapids Police officer taking out a fleeing homicide suspect by running into him with a police cruiser.

San Francisco forensic pathologist Judy Melinek wants to help Nancy Pelosi defeat the NRA and secure more gun control throughout the country. 

Washington, DC, concealed carry permits are skyrocketing following the dismissal of the District’s “good cause” restriction for permit issuance.

Santa Claus will soon come to town but long before his arrival a business in Wisconsin decided to give a gun to every person they employ.

The NRA is stressing the import of self-defense preparedness by noting “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

Pink’s husband Carey Hart is warning that looters who try to take advantage of California wildfire victims “will be shot on sight.”

Democrats in the House quietly put forward a ban on 80 percent frames and gun parts kits while Americans were focused on voting and watching the outcome of the midterm elections.

Police in the Chicago suburb of Midlothian allegedly shot and killed a security guard who had stopped a bar shooting and was holding a suspect at gunpoint.

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers wore gun control shirts during warm-ups following last week’s shooting in Thousand Oaks, California. 

Hours before the New York Jets played the Bills on Sunday, a group of activists flew a banner over the team’s stadium urging them to support gun control.

Anne Arundel County police shot and killed 61-year-old Gary J. Willis while executing a firearm confiscation order under Maryland’s red flag law. 

A photographer is defending the inclusion of a BB replica in a baby’s photo shoot that was inspired by “A Christmas Story.”

Incoming House Democrats are promising to push the same gun control that failed to stop the Thousand Oaks, California, massacre.

The site of the Thousand Oaks, California, mass shooting was a state-mandated gun-free zone. 

The Los Angeles Kings adopted Michael Bloomberg’s gun control slogan “Enough,” via helmet decals and signs the players held before Thursday night’s game.

Thousands Oaks gunman Ian David Long reportedly used a social media post to mock “hopes and prayers” before gunning down 12 people in the Borderline Bar & Grill on Wednesday night.

In the wake of the shooting that left 12 people at a Southern California bar dead, MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews said lawmakers in this case sending their “thoughts and prayers” “should be outlawed.” “Thoughts and prayers … I’m sorry, but