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On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Joe Biden’s bid for re-election is being endorsed by all Mike Bloomberg-affiliated gun control groups and the gun control group affiliated with Gabby Giffords as well.

An alleged Hammond, Louisiana, intruder took off all his clothes and fled after being shot by a homeowner early Wednesday morning.

Fifteen-year-old Rasheed Banks Jr. was arrested in connection with a Philadelphia carjacking in that resulted in Michael Salerno’s murder.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) allowed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) “partially complete” pistol frame rule to stand on Tuesday, while an appeal runs its course in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Police in Democrat-run Oakland, California, are urging residents to use airhorns as a way of sounding an alarm when criminals strike amid a surge in crime.

Gun-controlled Washington, DC, is witnessing a surge in murders that is putting it on pace to record the deadliest year in two decades.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit issued a decision Monday noting that “bladed weapons” are protected by the Second Amendment.

Wake County, North Carolina, District Attorney Lorrin Freeman explained that a woman shot and killed 49-year-old Steven McLamb as he pulled on the handles of her car doors in a grocery store parking lot.

Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety has launched a six-figure marketing campaign designed to pressure Tennessee state Republican legislators into supporting a red flag law during Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) special legislative session.

A report says Illinois Democrats are set to ban AR-15 marketing that “appeals to children,” or which they believe could entice others to use the firearms illegally. 

At least 25 people were shot, six of them fatally, Friday through Sunday afternoon in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

House Democrats introduced legislation Friday that would place a 1,000 percent excise tax on AR-15s and other firearms that they refer to as “assault weapons.” 

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, is cheering executive gun controls expected to come from the Biden Administration soon. 

When Taran Butler took part in a 1995 Southwest Pistol League match with a borrowed Glock 24 and finished seventh out of 118 shooters, the die was cast and the shooting world–and Hollywood–would never be the same. 

Democrats in the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force are pressing Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) to allow gun control legislation to come to the floor for a vote. 

Ohio police officers opened fire on a couple who fled from police, hijacked a semi-truck, took the driver of the truck hostage, and led officers on a high speed chase.

A young woman was killed and a toddler and others injured when multiple gunmen opened fire Wednesday in broad daylight in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago.

The Washington, DC, police chief called Wednesday’s active shooter call “bogus,” but Brady Campaign president Kris Brown is using it to push gun control anyway. 

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers released by the FBI at the end of July show the U.S. has enjoyed four years of one million-plus gun sales a month.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down a decision Tuesday reversing a district court order rejecting a preliminary injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) pistol brace rule and remanding the case to the district court for reconsideration.

A 75-year-old woman who was home alone at 2 a.m. in Oakland, California, used a .357 Magnum against alleged intruders.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) sounded the alarm Tuesday with a warning the Biden Administration is planning executive action to put universal background checks in place.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is urging the Biden Administration to “issue” new gun controls under the auspices of the gun control package passed by Congress and signed by Biden in 2022. 

Four people were injured just before 4 p.m. Monday after an apparent argument between two carloads of people turned into shots fired near Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi.

The L.A. Clippers’ Amir Coffey was arrested Sunday and charged with firearm possession after police allegedly found a loaded gun in a vehicle in which he was riding.

An apartment resident shot and killed an alleged intruder around 1 a.m. Monday morning in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Nearly 50 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Sunday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

A report from the Washington Examiner claims upwards of 60 percent of Americans may be gun owners, an increase of approximately 25 percent over numbers widely reported heretofore. 

Nine women were shot Sunday morning just before 1 a.m. when multiple gunmen exited a vehicle and opened fire on a group of people in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood. 

Police are searching for multiple suspects after five people were shot outside of a Safeway grocery store Friday night at around 9:00 p.m. in gun-controlled Washington.

The owner of a stolen Ford truck tracked the vehicle to the south side of a mall parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, then killed the alleged thief during a shootout Thursday afternoon.

A FOX News report claims that the Biden Administration is withholding funding for schools that have archery and/or hunting programs.

A five-year-old Indiana boy, allegedly high on cocaine, shot and killed his 16-month-old brother, who was allegedly high on marijuana, in March of this year.

A Rockingham County, North Carolina, man who absconded probation was shot and killed by a homeowner while allegedly trying to enter a storage building on the homeowner’s property.

A naked woman allegedly exited her vehicle on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday and fired a handgun at oncoming traffic.