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The possession of “high capacity” magazines will be a fourth degree felony in New Jersey beginning Tuesday morning.

Country star John Rich defended the Second Amendment while calling out fellow music stars Dierks Bentley and Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard over their gun control push.

the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that New Jersey’s ban on “high capacity” magazines “does not unconstitutionally burden the Second Amendment’s right to self-defense in the home.”

An escapee in an orange jumpsuit kicked in the door of a woman’s home in Pickens, South Carolina, and approached her bedroom, only to be shot dead.

A woman in Michigan allegedly shot an intruder in her home Sunday morning while she was getting ready to leave for church.

Connecticut Democrats plan to push storage requirements for unloaded guns and various gun bans in the state’s upcoming legislative session.

Harvard graduate student Leyla Pirnie was asked to move out of her apartment after her roommates discovered she possessed legally owned firearms.

Dick’s Sporting Goods saw sales slip during the past three months as a result of the corporate gun control the company adopted in February.

Police in Covington, Kentucky, said a homeowner’s son was justified in killing one of three armed intruders who entered his family’s home Tuesday.

A homeowner in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shot and killed an intruder Tuesday just over five years after he shot another intruder at the same address.

Tulsa police are investigating a shooting in which a homeowner killed an alleged home intruder Tuesday morning.

South Dakota is on the cusp of doing away with the state’s requirement that residents acquire a permit before carrying a gun concealed for self-defense. 

Think Progress expressed shock on Twitter Friday night that the U.S. banned romaine lettuce rather than firearms this Thanksgiving season.

A good guy with a gun shot and killed an attacker at an Alabama mall “within seconds” of that attacker shooting and wounding two people. 

Police in Warren, Ohio, praised a homeowner who shot a home invasion suspect in order to defend his family early Tuesday morning.

The Crime Prevention Research Center shows that 97.8 percent of mass shootings over a 68-year period occurred in “gun-free zones.”

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.

Four people were shot, one fatally, nears Coors Field in downtown Denver on Monday.

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

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.

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.

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.”

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. 

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

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.

Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety pushed red flag laws for every state the day after California’s red flag law failed to prevent the Thousand Oaks shooting.

A cell video taken inside Borderline Bar & Grill Wednesday night captures a silhouette of alleged attacker Ian David Long and the sounds of shots being fired as he targeted innocents.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15) reacted to Wednesday night’s Thousand Oaks, California, shooting by blaming the gun laws in Arizona and Nevada.

The head of the U.S. Bishops Conference (USCCB) called for the enactment of “reasonable gun measures to help curb this mad loss of life” following a fatal shooting incident in Thousand Oaks, California, on Thursday.

An armed citizen in Kansas City, Missouri, saved a mother of three from assault after hearing “blood-curdling” screams from a car outside his house.

Actor James Woods opined that if an activist had broken his front door it would be the last act in the “final five seconds” of the attacker’s life.

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean says the Thousand Oaks gunman used a legally purchased .45 caliber handgun in his attack.

A poll of voters who took part in the midterm elections shows that only 11 percent of voters were motivated for gun policy.

The NRA is urging its six million members and other freedom-loving Americans to vote like their gun rights depend on it–because they do.