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During his May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Sheriff David Clarke Jr. said, “The only person safe in a gun free zone … is the criminal.”

During the May 21 “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost mocked Donald Trump for claiming Hillary Clinton wants to ‘abolish the Second Amendment.’

A May 21 HillaryClinton.com email from a Sandy Hook Family member urges supporters to rally against Donald Trump and his desire to allow teachers to arm themselves for self-defense.

During a May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Forum, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said, “We’re getting rid of gun-free zones.”

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted that Hillary Clinton wants to disarm average Americans–while living her life surrounded by security who are “fully armed.”

During the May 20 NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, NRA-ILA executive Chris Cox said that Hillary Clinton better “better pack a lunch” if she plans to come for guns. Cox said this after highlighting the utter hypocrisy of Clinton’s

While speaking at the May 20 NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Hillary Clinton to release a list of justices she would consider naming to replace Second Amendment stalwart Antonin Scalia.

During a May 14 commencement address to Old Miss graduates, retired news anchor and journalist Tom Brokaw said, “more guns … will mean more homegrown acts of terror.”

The gay gun rights group Pink Pistols, a plaintiff in the Washington, DC, case that resulted in a pro-self-defense ruling on May 17, contends that “armed queers don’t get bashed.”

A case currently before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit examines “whether states can force firearms manufacturers to incorporate safety devices in their products.”

The California Senate pushed “gunpocalypse” by acting on ten control bills Thursday.

According to police, a Kokomo, Indiana, robbery suspect fled the scene after his would-be victim drew her gun in self-defense.

A five-year-old girl at Southeast Elementary School in Southeast Brighton, Colorado, was suspended on Monday for bringing a bubble gun to school.

Proponents of more gun control for American citizens are frequently people who live their lives surrounded by good guys with guns. Moreover, gun control proponents are also people who use tragedies as an opportunity to push more gun laws even when said laws would have done nothing to prevent the tragedy that occurred.

On May 16, Gabby Giffords took part in a “gun control forum” in Los Angeles, where she stumped for Hillary Clinton and more gun control laws. Neither Giffords nor Kelly pointed out that the cities making headlines for gun violence–Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York City, Seattle, and St. Louis–are Democrat-run.

Hillary Clinton supports Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s push for background checks for ammunition purchasers, according to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Only two out of 10 mass-killers are mentally ill, The Washington Post shows in a new article about forensic psychiatrist Michael Stone.

In a May 17 ruling against Washington, D.C.’s “good reason” requirement for concealed carry applicants, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that the “right to bear arms” includes the right to carry them outside the home for self-defense.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies held a Metrolink bus passenger at gunpoint on Monday and ordered him to strip off his clothes after he claimed to be carrying a grenade.

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced gun control legislation Monday after the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence accused him of failing to be the gun control advocate he promised to be.

Katie Couric’s gun control documentary “Under the Gun” was released May 15 without any portion of a four-hour interview conducted with John Lott, Jr.

Early Sunday morning, a 25-year-old male suspect “made entry” into an Odessa, Texas, home and was shot dead by the homeowner, police report.

Micheal Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety is funding a push to bring failed California gun controls to Maine.

On May 12 an appeals court upheld the ruling of lower court that denied Rahman Idlett a concealed carry license based on his driving record.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the right to bear arms has historically included the right to acquire them, and remanded the case of Teixeira v. County of Alameda to the lower court.

The NRA is holding its Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Louisville, Kentucky May 20-22 and cartoonist for the city’s best known newspaper–The Courier Journal–is welcoming the gun rights group with a cartoon of a child being crucified.

On May 13, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) signed legislation which will now allow veterans to acquire a concealed weapon license for free.

Thousands of people lined the streets of California’s Coronado Island on Friday and stood silently as the hearse carrying the body of falling Navy SEAL Charles H. Keating IV passed by in funeral procession.

During a May 13 appearance on NBC’s Today, Katie Couric said the claim that armed good guys stop bad guys is “just a specious argument.”

On Friday U.S. District Judge Murray Snow found Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of court regarding racial profiling practices. Snow ruled that Arpaio “and three of his top aides violated an order meant to curtail racial profiling in his agency.”

Democrat lawmakers in California are preparing to launch a “Gunpocalypse” on Monday, May 16 in Sacramento.

On May 13 Missouri lawmakers ignored the campaign blitz by Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety and sent permitless concealed carry to Govenor Jay Nixon’s (D) desk.

On May 12, Vermont lawmakers rejected initiatives designed to put universal background checks in place for law-abiding citizens in the state.

During a May 13 appearance on NBC’s Today, Katie Couric previewed her upcoming gun control documentary by claiming a “silent majority” of gun owners want more gun control.

On May 12 a homeowner in Pike County, Alabama, wrestled a gun away from one of three alleged home intruders, then shot and killed one. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. According to AL.com, the homeowner awoke to a knock

On May 13 BET claimed there were “over 500” firearm-related deaths in gun-controlled Chicago in 2015, yet only “55 of them resulted in a legitimate investigation.”