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During the October 4 Vice Presidential debate, Tim Kaine proclaimed himself a “strong Second Amendment supporter” then pushed more gun control for law-abiding citizens.

During Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine said that he and Hillary Clinton are committed to “background record checks” because such checks “make us safer.”

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) is sponsoring a presentation of the Guns in the Hands of Artists exhibition in Washington DC October 3-7.

More details on the September 28 Townville Elementary Shooting have emerged, and they show that a good guy with a gun stopped the shooter in his tracks after two students and one teacher had been wounded.

The latest figures from the FBI show that September was the 17th consecutive month of record background checks for retail gun sales.

A female passenger turned the tables on an alleged carjacker when she exited her vehicle at a traffic light, pulled a handgun, and opened fire.

During an October 2 speech at Little Rock AME Zion Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hillary Clinton described gun control as something society can do to to “protect all God’s children.”

Emails reveal that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pushed local law enforcement to scan the license plates of gun show attendees in southern California.

Armed robbers disguised as police officers accosted gun control proponent Kim Kardashian in a French apartment early Monday morning, making off with more than $10 million in jewelry, according to reports.

The San Diego Union-Tribune is is raising questions about a possible relationship between firearm-mounted flashlights and police shootings.

There were “358 shooting victims” in gun-controlled Chicago in September, which helped bring the total number of shooting victims to over 3,200 year-to-date.

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer shot and killed a passenger who bailed from a car that was suspected of being stolen, and “ran into the back of a home near 107th St. and Western Ave.,” according to Southern California Public Radio.

Protesters have gathered in Pasadena following the death of a black man who died after police restrained him while responding to a “domestic disturbance” call.

The last week in September was a bye-week for the Philadelphia Eagles, and that gave quarterback Carson Wentz time to put on his camouflage, grab his bow, and shoot a deer.

New York Knicks center Joakim Noah skipped a dinner with West Point cadets Thursday night but stresses that the is anti-war “not anti-troops.” He also contended that we need more gun control.

Breitbart News previously reported Manville High School senior Frank Harvey’s claim that the police were called to question him and he was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation because of his anti-gun control project. At issue was a video Harvey made to emphasize the fact that criminals do not follow laws, therefore, more gun control only constrains law-abiding citizens.

When police arrived at the home of a woman who called 911 to say she had shot and killed her fiancé, they found “injuries consistent with signs of domestic abuse” and ruled the shooting self-defense.

The Ugandan man shot and killed by El Cajon police on Tuesday was twice ordered to be deported from the U.S. “because of drug and firearm convictions,” respectively.

During an interview with The Breakfast Club, John Legend praised Australia’s gun confiscation plan and lamented that the U.S. cannot follow suit because of “the Second Amendment and the NRA.”

El Cajon police say the black man shot and killed after “taking what appeared to be a shooting stance” and pointing an object at an officer was not armed. Rather, he was holding a “vape smoking device” in his hand.

Following Monday’s presidential debate Politifact did a fact-check on Donald Trump’s claim that there have been “thousands of shootings” in gun-controlled Chicago this year alone. On September 27 they published the results of their check by announcing that Trump’s statement was “true.”

According to CBS Chicago, “a 22-year-old man was sitting in a vehicle with another male…when two other males armed with handguns walked up and announced a robbery.” Police said the 22-year-old “then pulled out a gun and shot one of the [robbery suspects],” who died at the scene.

The Twitter exchange followed the launch of a pro-gun ad in which Rhode talked about the amount of practice required for her to maintain Olympic-winning shooting skills. She said, “If Gavin Newsom has his way, it will make it incredibly hard to keep up my skills.”

High School senior Frank Harvey says his school called police and ordered him to have a psychological exam after discovering an homework essay against gun control that he had saved on a thumb drive.

Two students and a teacher have been shot and wounded Wednesday at Townville Elementary School in Anderson County, South Carolina, according to local authorities.

In an interview published September 28, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said there is nothing wrong with politicizing mass shootings and even indicated such politicization should begin “within an hour” of such a heinous incident.

The shooting was prompted when the man reportedly pulled an object from his pocket and aimed it an officer. El Cajon police chief Jeff Davis said the man “placed both hands together on [the object] and extended it rapidly toward the officer, taking what appeared to be a shooting stance.”

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s proposed statewide “assault weapons” ban would not have prevented the September 23 mass shooting in Burlington.

On September 26, Governor Jerry Brown (D) vetoed a bill that would have allowed California sheriffs to raise the price of obtaining a concealed carry permit.

On September 26 the Missoula, Montana City Council passed an ordinance that will require all residents buying a gun within city limits to pass the same background check the Orlando Pulse attacker passed.

On Sunday, a victim wrestled away a gun after being shot, and was able to shoot and kill one of two robbery suspects.

The Department of Natural Resources air gun push “would limit deer hunting with air guns to the modern firearm season.” It would ban the use of air guns during the season for muzzleloaders.

Keith Scott reportedly had a “stolen” gun on him when police shot him in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 20.

Donald Trump was discussing the problems Democrat policies create for inner city blacks and Hispanics. He singled out the Democrat approach to policing–which excludes “stop and frisk” while substituting gun control in its place.

The gunman who opened fire on random persons in Houston on September 26 passed a background check for the rifle and the handgun he used during the attack, reports say.

During the September 26 presidential debate Hillary Clinton said America has a “gun epidemic” and called for background checks to fix it.