
Marco Rubio Pledges to Undo Obama’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Executive Gun Control
On January 3, Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio pledged to undo President Obama’s “illegal and unconstitutional” executive gun control.

On January 3, Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio pledged to undo President Obama’s “illegal and unconstitutional” executive gun control.

On January 3 Reuters reported that Freedom Watch–a group dedicated to defending freedom–will be filing a lawsuit against Obama’s executive gun control as soon as it’s issued.

On January 4 House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a statement characterizing Obama’s pending executive gun control as “overreach” and said, “The country will not stand for it.”

With President Obama’s executive action for gun control expected this week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump let it be known that he will “unsign” Obama’s executive gun control once he is sworn in as president.

During the January 3 airing of Meet the Press, gun control proponent Mark Kelly said “middle-aged white men” with decreased life expectancy are clinging to guns.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s response on Twitter to Obama saying he will be imposing more gun control – “COME AND TAKE IT.”

In 1871, the Texas legislature banned carrying guns outside the home–a move largely directed at controlling blacks during the Reconstruction era. That ban was altered in 1995, when Texas adopted the concealed carry of handguns, yet a prohibition against openly carrying handguns in public remained on the books. It took the Republican-controlled 2015 Texas legislature and Governor Greg Abbott (R) to abolish that final prohibition, thereby making it legal to carry handguns openly in public in the Lone Star State–and achieving liberty for all.

In a preview of a larger interview that will air during Face the Nation on January 3, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he does not like Obama’s efforts at executive gun control and is tired of people blaming guns for America’s ills.

On January 1, the Chicago Tribune reported that the number of shooting victims in gun-controlled Chicago for 2015 was 2,986.

Arne Duncan gave his final speech as education secretary on December 30, expressing his “frustration” that Congress has not passed more gun control and his hope that more such control will be secured to keep school children safe.

On January 4, President Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to finalize the executive gun controls expected to be announced next week.

On December 29, actor James Woods reacted to newly released details of the heinous November 10 murder of Amanda Blackburn by urging Americans to “buy more guns and learn how to use them.”

Beginning January 1, police in California may confiscate firearms from gun owners thought to be a danger to themselves or others without giving the owner any notice.

Virginia state senator Bill Carrico (R-Dist. 40) is responding to Governor Terry McAuliffe’s (D) relentless gun control push by introducing a budget amendment to remove funding for McAuliffe’s protection detail.

H-E-B grocers in Texas have put signage on their doors barring openly carried handguns, while Kroger says they will simply abide by the new law which will allow openly carried handguns, beginning January 1.

During an interview with the Daily Mail, actor Kurt Russell affirmed the he owned guns and said that “now is not a good time to lay” them down.

On Christmas Eve, an off-duty officer, working mall security, shot and killed a man who allegedly pointed a gun at him during an altercation inside a Charlotte, North Carolina, mall.

Amid a relentless Democrat-sponsored campaign for increasing gun control, guns and related accessories are topping Christmas lists around the country.

On December 23, Bloomberg Business responded to the post-San Bernardino rejection of gun control by suggesting gun control was beaten the same way it has been beaten since 1968; by a “gun lobby” led by an NRA that is a force to be reckoned with.

On September 6, U.S. Marine Joshua Velez visited his brother in New Bergen, New Jersey, and was arrested for possession of a lawfully purchased 9mm handgun and hollow-point bullets.

On Sunday and Monday former ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb took to Twitter for an anti-gun tirade.

A report indicates that President Obama will celebrate the Christmas season by circumventing Congress via executive gun control.

The FBI reports that November was the seventh consecutive month of record-breaking background checks.

On December 22 Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) announced that he was ending reciprocity with 25 states for their lack of gun control.

On December 21, Governor Chris Christie (R) released a statement supporting the clarification of New Jersey gun laws and the expansion of what qualifies as a “justifiable need,” as it pertains to reaching the threshold for being issued a firearm carry permit.