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The teen suspect who allegedly opened fire on innocents near Yankee Stadium last week is already out of jail on bond.

The Democrats’ latest legislative achievement is a perfect example of what happens when people who have no clue about a subject draft legislation on the topic.

Moms Demand Action claims Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire mocked its push for gun confiscation.

The Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence changed its name for the fourth time as it continues efforts to pursue gun control without having a reference to gun control in its name.

The latest count on the public backlash against gun control reveals that 21 of New Mexico’s 33 counties have now declared themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.”

House Democrats passed legislation that adds a ten-day extension to instant firearm background checks on Thursday, marking the second piece of gun control legislation they have passed in as many days.

Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis says he and his deputies “will not comply” if Maryland lawmakers follow through with a long gun licensing and confiscation law.

House Democrats passed universal background checks to leftist fanfare Wednesday but one activist group worries the gun control could make life more difficult for illegals.

Eight Republican Reps. joined with Democrats on Wednesday in the vote to criminalize private gun sales.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed legislation Wednesday to abolish his state’s concealed carry permit requirement.

Republican leadership in the House successfully added a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alert for illegal aliens attempting to buy guns to the Democrats’ gun control bill on Wednesday.

House Democrats succeeded Wednesday in passing legislation to criminalize private gun sales.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed gun confiscation orders into law for New York on Monday.

Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) in a Tuesday appearance on “Fox & Friends” voiced his displeasure with being blocked from testifying as a witness in a forthcoming hearing on gun violence, despite having been involved in an incident with guns himself

Steve Scalise said Jerry Nadler, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, is blocking him from testifying as a witness in a hearing on guns.

The White House made clear Monday that if the House Democrats’ push to criminalize private gun sales somehow reached the president’s desk, it would be vetoed.

Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” former Obama HUD Secretary and 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Julián Castro said if the Supreme Court sides with President Donald Trump’s border emergency it would be a bad precedent. Castro said, “If I take office on January

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) reacted to NRA claims that Democrats are targeting gun owners by suggesting the NRA is calling for Nancy Pelosi to be shot. 

House Democrats plan a floor vote to criminalize private gun sales and add an indefinite extension to the time to complete a NICS instant background check.

Pro-gun control Hollywood celebrities attending Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony will enjoy security “similar to when a U.S. president visits” Los Angeles, according to law enforcement.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is pushing the mantra of an “epidemic of gun violence” even as the overall murder rate falls.

Fourteen of New Mexico’s 33 counties have adopted “Second Amendment Sanctuary” resolutions to make clear their sheriffs feel no pressure to enforce new gun controls being pushed by Democrats at the state level.

Maryland Democrats are pushing rationing of rifle purchases, a 7-day waiting period on all gun purchases, and a licensing requirement for rifle and shotgun owners.

Victims of last summer’s Danforth handgun attack in Ontario, Canada, are calling for an “assault weapon” ban.

City legislators Jeffrey Stella (D-9) and Rodney Pratt (D-9) in Stamford, Connecticut, are pushing an ordinance to empower police to confiscate homemade firearms from city residents.

Former military leaders in a coalition with Gabby Giffords are urging Congress to pass the same gun controls that failed in Illinois and California within past few months.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warned Republicans on Thursday that they should worry about the “threshold that they are crossing” by supporting President Donald Trump’s expected declaration of a national emergency at the border because it could open the door to future Democrats in the White House declaring a national emergency on issues like gun control.

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