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Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) signed legislation creating a gun control center mirroring the federal office of gun violence prevention created by Biden.

A woman was allegedly shot in the leg after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Stamford Hill, London, England, on Tuesday.

An alleged intruder in Castle Point, Missouri, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a homeowner shot him on Tuesday.

Another U.S. tourist was arrested at Turks and Caicos’ Hamilton Airport for allegedly having ammunition in her luggage on Monday.

Breitbart News reported that four gunmen in two cars ambushed a convoy of government vehicles transporting a convicted criminal from court back to prison in France on Tuesday morning. 

Dexter Taylor was sentenced to ten years in prison for charges related to firearms he built from “ghost gun kits,” according to NBC New York.

Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed legislation making Alabama the 15th state to ban credit card companies from tracking gun and gun-related purchases. 

At least 21 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Three Atlanta police officers were shot, and a suspect allegedly armed with a handgun was killed, just after 5 p.m. Saturday.

At least 16 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday evening in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk granted the GOA’s request for an “expedited briefing” on the ATF’s background check rule.

Chicago police say a 13-year-old girl was shot by a car owner while allegedly trying to steal the car. 

An armed military veteran foiled an alleged jewelry store heist around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Omaha, Nebraska.

On Thursday a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided that Steven Duarte, a felon, has a “right to possess a firearm for self-defense.”

Clarence McCallister, the deacon who tackled an armed man in a North Braddock, Pennsylvania, church Sunday, explained his actions by saying, “My Pastor’s life was in danger.”

Two gun controls, one of which was a bump stock ban, were defeated in the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday despite a rally by activists and pro-gun control lawmakers. 

A lawsuit brought against Smith & Wesson by anti-gun shareholders within the company was dismissed in Nevada’s Clark County District Court.

A task force put together by the Los Angeles United School District is recommending that individual campuses be allowed to bring police back if they so choose.

An Amazon delivery driver shot and killed an alleged armed carjacker around 4:00 p.m. Saturday in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.

A report from Colorado Newsline indicates the Democrat sponsor of Colorado’s “assault weapons” ban legislation plans to kill her own bill.

A 17-year-old girl was shot Friday when a bullet soared through a window at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC.

Firearm-related crime is surging in heavily gun-controlled Canada, according to a report from Toronto Star contributor Shaquille Morgan.

At least 23 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

NYPD’s Kaz Daughtry reacted to Columbia University protests by noting “tools” found were not those of organic protesters but those of “agitators.”

Two police officers were shot and wounded Thursday in the Saint Teresa neighborhood of San Jose, California. 

April 2024 marked the fifty-seventh consecutive month of more than one million NICS checks for gun sales or transfers.

Pro-Palestinian protester Atha Othman was arrested while allegedly armed with a gun Tuesday on the University of South Florida campus.

Reps. Michael Bost (R-IL) and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa) on Wednesday voted against Rep. Eli Crane’s (R-AZ) amendment to restore veterans’ gun rights.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in suing Biden’s ATF over the new rule requiring background checks on private gun sales. 

On Tuesday, the House voted 214-201 to block the Biden administration’s ban on the use of lead ammunition on federal lands or waters.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is taking lawsuits against the Illinois “assault weapons” ban and the ban in Maryland into conference. 

President Joe Biden responded to a felon allegedly killing four officers in North Carolina Monday by pushing more gun controls for law-abiding Americans.

The North Carolina man who shot and killed four law enforcement officers was a felon barred from firearm possession. 

Houston Texans’ wide receiver Tank Dell was struck by a stray bullet at Sanford, Florida’s Cabana Live Saturday night and sustained minor injuries.

In 2023, the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas warned Americans that taking ammo into Turks and Caicos carried a “custodial sentence of 12 years.”

Four law enforcement officers were killed trying to serve a warrant in east Charlotte, North Carolina, around 1:30 p.m. on Monday.