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In response to questions from AARP Bulletin, Hillary Clinton made clear her position that to be successful, policies for ending terrorism must include gun control for all Americans.

The New York Police Department is seeking a rapper who goes by the name “Whitey GZ,” whom they claim opened fire on an individual with whom he was meeting to film a music video.

California Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown (D-47) voted for the bill requiring background checks for law-abiding ammunition purchasers yet she is facing a challenger from within her own party who believes Brown’s support of gun control could have been even stronger. Brown

Reportedly, gun sales in North Carolina have surged in response to the violent Charlotte protests.

New York bombing suspect Ahmad Rahami passed a background check to acquire the handgun he used to shoot two police officers as they closed in on him September 19.

On September 21 a driver whose path forward was blocked by Charlotte protesters was allowed to move through after showing he had a gun with him.

On September 16, Breitbart News reported on an ad in which Senator Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) Democratic challenger, Jason Kander, assembled an AR-15 while blindfolded, then called for more gun control.

An NRA ad released on September 20 highlights the trepidation of a home invasion and warns women not to let Hillary Clinton leave them with only a phone for self-defense.

The nationwide “Concert Across America to End Gun Violence” — a concert series aimed at securing increased gun control measures for law-abiding citizens — has expanded to include 350 events.

Roanoke police chief Tim Jones is urging the City Council to curtail open carry within city limits by barring the carry of some of the most popular semiautomatics available.

The Baltimore City Councilman is considering a ban on toy guns as a way to prevent “city youths” from being shot by police officers.

Police departments around the U.S. have noticed an “uptick” in the number of people who are using toys, BB guns, and/or replica guns in place of real ones in the commission of crim

A new Harvard-Northeastern study showing Americans increasingly buy guns for self-defense rather than sport has persuaded one of the study’s authors to conclude that Americans buy guns because of “fear.”

On Friday, a woman in Gwinnett County, Georgia, opened fire on three home invasion suspects who woke her from sleep by kicking in her door around 4 a.m.

Captured New York City and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami was “not on a U.S. terror watch list” nor a list maintained by the NYPD.

On Monday–less than 48 hours after the New York and New Jersey bombings occurred–MSNBC’s Chris Hayes criticized guns.

Donald Trump pledged to protect hunting and fishing in an ad released September 18. The Republican candidate for president observed that these pastimes are among America’s greatest traditions and pledged to protect them, along with the Second Amendment, as President of the United States.

Jason Falconer, the man who shot and killed the mass stabber in a Minnesota mall on Saturday, is a concealed carry permit instructor and tactical firearms trainer.

Professional Bull Riders CEO Sean Gleason is outraged and says the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, would not allow a U.S Customs and Border Protection color guard to enter the building Friday night because the agents in the guard carried firearms.

The disabled veteran heard strange noises and grabbed his gun to investigate. He soon spotted the suspect “in his laundry room” and ordered the man to freeze, but the suspect continued to move so the veteran shot him.

Gabby Giffords makes this claim after spending the past three years campaigning for state and federal laws that would make it harder for average, law-abiding Americans to get guns to defend their own lives and the lives of their families.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on September 15 that Congress must “justify” restricting Second Amendment rights to persons who temporarily received mental health treatment in the past.

On September 15 a pastor’s wife in Philadelphia opened fire on an alleged assailant as her husband yelled, “Shoot him, Shoot him.”

The St. Cloud, Minnesota mall in which the September 17 mass stabbing occurred is a “gun free zone.”

Chicago police are investigating to find out how 32-year-old Michael Arquero–“a convicted felon and documented gang member”–was able to get a concealed carry permit.

Nearly two hundred people were evacuated from an Amtrak train in Chatsworth, in the San Fernando Valley, after authorities received reports of an armed man aboard the train.

During a September 16 speech in Miami, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sent the media into a tailspin by demanding Hillary Clinton lead by example on gun control and disarm her bodyguards.

On September 16, “Black Guns Matter” (BGM) founder Maj Toure told Breitbart News that Democrats do not want urban blacks to know about the Second Amendment.

Police say home invasion suspect Kyle Dashun Williams fled the scene after kicking in an apartment door and getting shot by a 19-year-old woman on Wednesday night.

A television ad shows Senator Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) Democrat challenger, Jason Kander, assembling a gun while blindfolded, then calling for the same gun control that has already failed in California, Colorado, and Washington state.

On September 13, the dating site “Concealed Carry Match” (CCM) tweeted an invitation for single gun enthusiasts to join the site and find their “adorable #deplorable.”

On September 15, Gun Owners of America (GOA) pointed out that Republican lawmakers’ override of Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656 makes Missouri the fourth state to adopt permitless carry this year.

Chief Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman says a 17-year-old home invasion suspect did not the survive the shotgun blast that greeted him early Thursday morning.

On September 14 Missouri’s Republican lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656 and made Missouri the newest “Stand Your Ground” state. Breitbart News previously reported that the veto override also abolished permitting requirements for law-abiding citizens who wish

During attempts to shame House Republican leadership into allowing a vote on more gun control, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asked on Wednesday how the GOP could ignore laws that could “save 90 lives.”

On September 14 Missouri lawmakers in the House and Senate overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto of SB 656, thereby recognizing the Second Amendment as the only carry permit law-abiding Missourians need.