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On Sunday, two “legally armed” citizens intervened in a shootout between New Yorkers in a Walmart parking lot, ending the exchange of gunfire and holding the suspects at gunpoint until police arrived.

During Friday’s The TK Show podcast Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr argued for gun control and blasted the “outdated Bill of Rights.”

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Oregon is reporting a shooting incident that left two dead and two injured Monday morning.

Country music legend Charlie Daniels dismissed Billboard’s recent gun control push as a “farce” and said the musicians who signed Billboard’s letter to Congress “don’t know anything about guns.”

Former Department of Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge says it is “unreasonable” to think gun control could have somehow prevented the Orlando terror attack.

Fifty-one persons were shot, seven fatally, over the weekend in heavily gun-controlled Chicago.

On June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld a federal law prohibiting gun possession for those convicted of domestic violence.

On June 21, NPR corrected their earlier report on Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts by pointing out that she was not just a “regular” mom who happened to begin a gun control group. Rather, she was public relations officer, a Democratic Party donor, and a “corporate communications executive.”

During a Friday interview on the TK Show podcast, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr cited the fact that his father was killed by Islamists in Lebanon as motivation for calling for more gun control on law-abiding Americans.

With incessant calls to ban “assault weapons” arising from the Democrat Party — calls that sometimes hit a fever pitch when you add in the voices of Democratic surrogates in the media and gun control groups — it seems to be a good time to ask a key question: What is an “assault weapon?”

During the June 26 airing of ABC New’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said gun control is tabled and focus has shifted to the Zika virus.

An NBC News/WSJ polled conducted after the Orlando terror attack shows half of voters distrust the government on gun control.

On Thursday, four “sovereign citizens” temporarily entered the Army National Guard base located near Fresno Yosemite International Airport.

On June 23, Hawaii Governor David Ige (D) signed a bill into law placing all of the state’s law-abiding gun owners in a federal database.

A NBC News/WSJ poll shows that distrust of government-sponsored gun control has risen 15 percent among registered voters since 1995.

During the June 26 broadcast of Meet the Press, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said the U.S. needs to put stricter limits on the capacity of “ammunition clips.”

Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom is criticizing state Senator Kevin de León’s (D-24th) current gun control push, suggesting it is a “self-serving” attempt to undercut the gun controls Newsom wants to secure via ballot initiative in November.

On June 24 the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) mocked Congress as cowards for not passing expanded background checks in the wake of the Orlando terror attack, an attack in which Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people with a rifle he bought via a background check.

Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY-13) has declared that average citizens don’t need guns — but he and his Congressional colleagues “deserve” to be surrounded by them for protection.

After being attacked by a stranger in her North Carolina home, Top Gun actress Kelly McGilllis responded by getting a gun and a concealed carry weapons permit.

Various Representatives who either took part in the failed sit-in for gun control or supported it from afar say that action was just the tip of the iceberg, that “guerrilla tactics” for gun control will be forthcoming.

Hunter’s Warehouse says it sold 30,000 AR-15s during the first seven days following the Orlando, Florida, terrorist attack.

During a June 23 appearance on CNN, Gun Owners of America’s Erich Pratt shut down host Carol Costello’s gun violence inquisition by reminding her that she had omitted defensive gun uses.

Wisconsin state representative Bob Gannon (R-Slinger) wants gun-free businesses to pay triple damages in the event that an unarmed law-abiding citizen is harmed during an on-premises attack.

Since the Orlando terror attack the LGBT gun rights group Pink Pistols has seen their membership grow from 1,500 to more than 7,000.

Liberal comedy website Funny or Die held a ten-hour stand-up comedy marathon late Wednesday into early Thursday morning to show support for the current Democrat push for more gun control. The marathon — which reportedly began Wednesday night and lasted until 4:30

The heirs of 60-year-old Jeffry Lash plan to destroy a stockpile of $5 million in guns and ammunition discovered after his death in Pacific Palisades last year.

Democrat House members ended their sit-in on June 23 without securing any new gun control or even a vote on gun control.

Billy Joel, John Mellencamp and more than 180 other musicians and music industry personnel joined music publisher Billboard in signing an open letter to Congress calling for increased gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack in early June.

The police report on the investigation into the death of former The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie reveals that her killer passed a background check for his guns and did not pick them up until after completing a required five-day waiting period.

Gun control Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is cheering the decision by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow another vote on gun control by the end of next week.

Scottish-born Talking Heads frontman David Byrne weighed in on America’s gun control debate in an essay posted to his website Wednesday, suggesting that guns should be reframed as a “public health hazard” and, as such, regulated like cigarettes and “sugary drinks.”

White House press secretary Josh Earnest intimated Tuesday that Republicans are cowards for opposing Monday’s gun control proposals.

Comedian and gun control advocate Amy Schumer ripped Senate Republicans for not passing legislation to force all would-be gun buyers to pass the same background check Omar Mateen passed for his guns.

House Democrats have launched a “sit-in” on the House floor intended to force Republican leadership to allow a vote on gun control.

The suspension of second grader who chewed his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun was upheld by a circuit court judge last week.