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A national sheriff’s group is calling on law enforcement officers to refuse to enforce gun controls that infringe on the Second Amendment.

During Connecticut’s April 26 primaries, pro-gun Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump received more votes in Newtown than anti-gun Hillary Clinton.

The unknown suspect believed to be behind two April 25 murders in San Jose allegedly left behind a note saying, “Sorry, my first kill was clumsy.”

By a vote of 112-37, the Missouri House voted to abolish the requirement to acquire a permit before exercising the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Hollywood executives, actors, and actresses are increasingly involved in pushing the message of the gun control lobby, Variety magazine reported April 26.

California Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) is pushing to expand firearm confiscations by allowing co-workers and others to file a complaint that sets the “secret” confiscation process in motion.

Convicted burglar David A. Bailey is suing the homeowner who shot him while fleeing a burglary scene in April 2014.

Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told an April 25 MSNBC town hall she will “tackle the gun lobby” on day one if elected.

On Monday, REM frontman and Bernie Sanders backer Michael Stipe penned a op-ed pleading for Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal to veto a bill that will allow concealed carry permit holders to carry guns on campus for self-defense.

On Friday an armed suspect allegedly followed a resident into a Kansas City apartment and was subsequently pistol whipped, then shot. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. According to the Kansas City Star, an apartment resident in the 500 block of

In the wake of the mass murder of eight members of the Rhoden family in Ohio, Piketon County Sheriff Charles Reader told county residents, “If you are fearful, arm yourself.”

A report on “high capacity” magazine bans in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, and Sunnyvale shows the bans are not having any “actual impact.”

On April 25, an armed felon was shot and killed after allegedly pulling a gun on a concealed carry permit holder.

With concealed carry continuing to surge around the country, it seems apropos to cover concealed carry handgun options in 9mm.

On May 4, actor Brad Pitt (World War Z, Fight Club, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) will co-chair the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gun control awards gala.

Target allows men to use the same restrooms as ten-year-old girls and has made it clear that it would prefer law-abiding citizens to enter its stores unarmed.

Concealed carry permits in Sacramento County have surged to the point that “about 1 out of every 135 adults” in the county carries a gun legally every day, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Law enforcement investigators discovered three marijuana “grow operations” scattered about the properties on which eight Rhoden family members were murdered in Piketon, Ohio.

An NRA member with a concealed carry permit pulled his weapon on a fleeing suspect, cornered him, and held him at gunpoint for police.

According to police, an 18-year-old gunman who opened fire on prom attendees died shortly afterward from wounds received via police gunfire.

On April 22 Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to a Pennsylvania audience known for ties to hunting and shooting sports and said, “We can’t ignore the Second Amendment.”

A “high capacity” magazine ban and ammunition background checks are suddenly in jeopardy due to infighting between California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D) and Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D).

Now that women are a driving force behind the burgeoning firearms industry and the ever-expanding number of concealed carry permits in the U.S., it is only fitting to highlight four concealed carry guns that carry as comfortably in a purse or bag as they do in holster.

A man in Stanton, Kentucky, violated a protective order to confront his former girlfriend and died from a shotgun blast to the chest.

During a campaign speech which recently aired on MSNBC, Chelsea Clinton made clear that her mother, Hillary Clinton, can pursue gun control now that Antonin Scalia is out of the way.

The Tennessee House has voted 69-24 to allow faculty and staff at public colleges and universities to be armed for self-defense.

An armed female houseguest in Ohio chased three alleged intruders out of the home in which she was staying.

The Citadel’s board of visitors has acquiesced to demands and will allow cadets with a concealed weapons permit (CWP) to keep guns on campus for self-defense.

On April 20, the Oklahoma Senate voted 37-9 to pass legislation recognizing that the Second Amendment is a sufficient open carry permit.

A Minnesota property owner drew his gun on a suspected carjacker and held him at gunpoint until police arrived.

A study released April 20 by the Brennan Center for Justice shows that the murder rate jumped 13.3 percent in America’s biggest cities during 2015. Three Democrat-run, heavily gun-controlled cities–Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington DC–“account for more than half” of the

California lawmakers launched a full frontal assault on the state’s few remaining Second Amendment freedoms by passing more gun restrictions and magazine bans out of committee on Tuesday.

The NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder is urging the state senate’s president pro tempore, Brian Bingman, to kill two pro-gun bills now moving through the legislative body.

On April 19 the Tennessee Senate passed campus carry for public schools colleges and universities.

Colorado’s Douglas County School District is acquiring ten semi-automatic rifles for its security team to use in the event of an emergency.

A rapper on Chicago’s South Side was shot and killed early Tuesday morning while rapping about guns for a music video in a local park.