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On June 15 Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) joined Democrats’ filibuster for gun control and suggested the Orlando terror attack provides an “opportunity” to secure new gun laws.

Responding to the terror attack at Pulse Orlando by pushing more gun control is a not-so-subtle way of treating law-abiding Americans like terrorists.

On June 15, Senate Democrats launched a filibuster for background checks on private gun sales less than a month after Omar Mateen passed a background check to buy his guns at a retail store.

In the wake of the Pulse Orlando terror attack, and amid heightened focus on the terror watchlist, the National Rifle Association (NRA) released a statement stressing that its position has not changed: terror suspects should not be allowed to buy guns.

When confronted by Second Amendment supporters on Twitter, Gretchen Carlson doubled down on her pro-ban stance, sometimes conflating an AR-15 with the 30-round magazines that can be used in such a firearm.

While under FBI scrutiny, Hillary Clinton says that those under FBI scrutiny forfeit Second Amendment rights.

During the June 14 airing of Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly reacted to the Orlando terror attack by saying “high-powered weaponry is too easy to get” in America.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he be may be “open” to placing new gun controls on law-abiding citizens following the terror attack on Pulse Orlando.

On Monday night, Hillary Clinton’s social media manager, Emmy Bengtson, tweeted the NRA to say, “F**k Off.”

On June 14 Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said gun control will part of Homeland Security going forward. He pointed to the Orlando attack carried out by a man who passed a background check, cooperated with the Florida waiting period

A hostage situation in a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas, has police searching for a “Somalian man wearing Khaki pants.”

“I simply do not understand why anybody in this country is allowed to purchase and own a semiautomatic assault rifle, it makes no sense to me,” O’Brien said. He added that he tries to keep his “opinions” to himself, but on the matter of banning semiautomatic rifles he chose to speak his mind.

Shares of Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Company soared the day after the heinous Orlando terror attack.

During a June 13 speech presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump warned that Hillary Clinton’s solution to terrorism to disarm “law-abiding Americans.”

During a June 13 speech, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he will be “meeting with the NRA” to discuss how Americans can best defend themselves in the wake of the Orlando terror attack.

Store owner Ed Henson tells reporters Mateen “did not buy the handgun and the long gun at the same.” This is because Florida handles handgun and long gun purchases differently.

President Obama spoke to reporters Monday about the terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and said Omar Mateen had a “Glock which had a lot of clips in it.”

As Americans mourned the terror attack that took the lives of 50 innocent people and left 53 more injured on Sunday, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane mocked the idea of being armed for self-defense and suggested it is time to “ban automatic weapons.”

During a June 13 interview on CNN, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) struggled to explain how more gun laws could stop terrorists.

On June 13–the day after Omar Mateen allegedly killed 50 people and wounded 53 more in Orlando–Orange County Sheriff Jerry L. Demings expressed his desire for more restrictions on “assault weapons.”

During a June 13 interview on CNN, Hillary Clinton said the U.S. needs to increase its outreach to Muslims, while simultaneously pursuing a ban on “assault weapons” and .50 caliber rifles.

The cover of Monday’s New York Daily News makes no mention of Islam, Islamists, or radical Islamic terror. Rather, it blames the NRA for the terror attack in which 50 were killed and 53 wounded in Orlando.

Every time someone who passed a background check uses an AR-15 to open fire in a gun-free zone, ignorant media pundits and their ready surrogates in Hollywood and D.C. talk about the need to ban automatic weapons.

Pop singer Kesha responded to the June 11 death of former The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie by demanding “gun control” for law-abiding citizens.

On June 12 the ATF announced that both guns used in the Pulse Orlando attack were purchased legally by terror suspect Omar Mateen.

In response to the Orlando terror attack–allegedly carried out by Omar Mateen–the Pink Pistols released a statement in which they suggested this attack is the very kind of incident that justifies their continual call for gays to arm themselves.

Speaking during a press conference with Orlando law enforcement, Islamic Society of Central Florida Imam Muhammad Musri described the attack at Pulse Orlando nightclub as a “mass shooting” and suggested action should be taken to stop such shootings.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) shows two interesting facts about Omar Mateen, the man identified by law enforcement as the terrorist who shot up a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Carly Fiorina released a statement via email in which she said the Ninth Circuit decision is a clear demonstration of the importance of defeating Hillary Clinton.

On Friday, the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association (USAC) announced plans to launch the “UCLA Institute on Campus Violence” in response to the murder of Professor William Klug.

On June 9, a teacher was forced to use a yardstick to protect students from an alleged gunman on campus.

The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie was shot dead Friday night while signing autographs following a concert.

General David Petraeus is forming a gun control group with Gabby Gifford’s husband Mark Kelly.

On Friday an officer shot a man outside Dallas Love Field airport who allegedly approached him while carrying a “large rock.”

During a June 9 appearance on Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea, California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom said the NRA does not deserve any respect for pushing back against his new gun controls.

When the Ninth Circuit ruled that Americans have no right to carry a concealed handgun outside the home, they were effectively alienating an “unalienable” right.