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On Thursday, the New Hampshire Senate concurred with the House and passed legislation to eliminate the requirement for a license to carry concealed in the Granite State.

During a May 7 speech in Lynden, Washington, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump looked at the audience and said, “Hillary Clinton wants to take your guns.”

Former president Bill Clinton claimed enacting gun control was “one of the greatest honors of [his] life.”

Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) says more gun control would not have prevented the heinous December 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary.

On Mother’s Day, Barbara Parker–the mother of on-air shooting victim Alison Parker–will be joining Moms Demand Action to campaign for the very background checks that Alison’s attacker passed prior to getting a gun.

Police have apprehended law enforcement officer Eulalio Tordil, who is believed to be behind the Maryland shootings that took place Thursday and Friday and resulted in three deaths.

The suspect in the May 5 shooting in Beltsville, Maryland, was the subject of a stay away order that included a prohibition on personal gun possession.

On May 5 Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts wrote an op-ed in which she suggested that fighting to take away gun rights is dangerous work.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a plan to defend gun rights in general and the Second Amendment in particular. The plan is visible in the policies set forth by Trump as well as his understanding of the value

On May 5 The Daily Beast bemoaned the fact that the Secret Service will perform background checks on all journalists who plan to attend the Democrat or Republicans conventions. In short, this means journalists will now have to undergo government scrutiny

Gun sales in California are surging and on track to equal–if not surpass–the record number of guns sold during 2015.

FBI figures show that April 2016 was the twelfth consecutive month of record background checks for retail gun sales in the U.S.

A law-abiding Fort Valley State University (FVSU) student was stabbed to death on campus Tuesday, the same day that Governor Nathan Deal (R) vetoed a bill allowing law-abiding students to carry guns on campus for self-defense.

Hillary Clinton is making a war on personal gun ownership a central part of her campaign for the White House. Here are six of the most outrageous aspects of her effort to incrementally disarm American citizens.

Even before Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee on Tuesday, Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was looking toward the general election and planning to use executive action “go further than Obama” on gun control.

Montana’s gun sales are surging and gun dealers say retirees are a driving force behind the surge.

On May 3 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) took the action Everytown for Gun Safety had urged by vetoing campus carry legislation that had been on his desk for over a month.

Concealed carry among women is up “nearly 62 percent” in Washington state.

While speaking to voters in Marion, Indiana, on May 2, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said Donald Trump once said he hates guns.

Legislation “to shut down most gun shops” in Illinois is expected to come up for a vote in the state House this week.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence changed their new advocacy ad when other gun control proponents complained about the photos.

On May 2, campus carry became law in the state of Tennessee and took effect “immediately.”

On Sunday Kansas lawmakers in the House and Senate passed legislation prohibiting any ban on public employees carrying guns for self-defense on the job.

Senior citizens have emerged as a driving demographic behind gun sales, with the National Rifle Association (NRA) indicating seniors’ demand for firearms training is up “400 percent since 2010.”

On Sunday, the California GOP voted to endorse a ballot initiative to “hasten death penalty appeals” while opposing initiatives legalizing recreational marijuana, expanding gun control, and mandating condoms in pornography.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) urged the passage of campus carry legislation on February 26 and now has 3 days left to sign the legislation into law.

The Minnesota House has rejected an amendment that would have required universal background checks for almost anyone carrying or possessing a gun.

On April 30, the tech blog “TechCrunch” examined the Democrat-led push for “smart guns” and concluded the NRA is “right” — that a successful push for smart guns will be followed by a mandate for smart gun purchases, i.e. a form of gun control.

On Thursday the Fairfax County School Board sent a leader to Liberty University chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. to say they are “deeply disturbed” by his calls for Liberty students to get concealed permits and carry guns to stop potential terror

Former Assemblyman and current congressional candidate Tim Donnelly believes Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s gun control ballot initiative will serve to drive GOP voters to the voting booth, thereby providing a boon for GOP candidates.

An 11-year-old homeschool student, who opened fire and struck an alleged burglary suspect in the leg, said, “He was crying like a baby.”

A naked man entered a home and climbed on top of a woman in the bedroom before her husband pulled a gun and stopped the sexual assault.

President Barack Obama touted government support of smart gun purchasing for law enforcement agencies and also announced a gun control summit for state and local officials.

On April 28 an 80-year-old woman shot and killed a 25-year-old man who stabbed her husband after invading their home. The incident occurred in Sultan, Washington around 8:30 pm. According to Fox 8, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office says the

With the impotency of Chicago’s myriad gun controls on full display for the world to see, Gabby Giffords is pushing for the city to add one more: background checks for licensed gun dealers.

Rank-and-file police officers are already rallying against President Barack Obama’s scheduled push for government purchases of smart guns.