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Crime statistics from the FBI show that more people were killed with hammers and clubs than with rifles of any kind in 2017.

Washington State ballot initiative I-1639 contains a linguistic twist equating all semiautomatic rifles with “assault rifles.”

Bill Clinton called for an “assault weapons” ban the day after a man shot and killed five people in Bakersfield, California, with a handgun.

JAMA published a new gun control study prefaced with the claim that “semiautomatic rifles” were banned 1994-2004.

Toronto Police Association president Mike McCormack says a proposed handgun ban in Canada would have “no impact” on criminals.

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) claimed there have been “hundreds” of school shootings with “assault weapons.”

Dick’s Sporting Goods admitted their post-Parkland corporate gun control decisions hurt business during the last quarter. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is urging gun controllers to flock to the polls in November and defeat the NRA.

Two suspects allegedly armed with an “assault rifle” entered Karemore pharmacy in Princess Anne, Maryland, Monday afternoon only to flee as the pharmacist opened fire with a revolver.

Parkland high school gun controllers and the National Organization for Change are holding a ‘National March on the NRA’ August 4 in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Four gun rights groups are suing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra over failures of the “bullet button assault weapon” registration system.

Congressional candidate Tedra Cobb (D-NY-21) says she supports banning “assault rifles” but cannot publicly admit it because gun control support would cost her the election.

California’s method of registration required for “assault weapons” means soldiers deployed during the registration process were unable to enter their firearms into system.

The California DOJ’s “assault weapons” registration page reportedly gave the personal information of some firearm owners to other individuals.

TEL AVIV – Israel is set to significantly ease its regulations for gun licenses, a move that would see around 40,000 more Israelis acquire a firearm according to Public Security Ministry estimates. 

The gun grabbers pushing a ballot initiative to ban commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles gave up their fight after the Oregon Supreme Court indicated the language of initiative did not pass muster.

The deadline to register “bullet button assault weapons” in California is 11;59:59 pm on June 30, 2018, but CBS Los Angeles reports the registration page is not properly recognizing firearms when owners attempt to register them.

The Oregon Supreme Court nixed a gun control ballot initiative Wednesday citing vagueness and imprecision of the term “assault weapons.”

The California DOJ is using a countdown clock to warn residents they have less than a week to register “bullet button assault weapons.”

Delaware Democrats crossed the aisle Tuesday and killed a proposed “assault weapons” ban before it could reach the Senate floor for a vote. 

On Tuesday the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) secured an injunction blocking Deerfield, Illinois, pending “assault weapons” ban.

Farmer Jeffrey Scott Kirschenmann tried to register an AR-15 with the state per California’s latest “assault weapons” ban requirements and ended up having his home raided, firearms confiscated, and faces 12 felony counts.

There are certain words and terms in the English language that carry negative connotations and conjure unfavorable images in peoples’ minds, regardless of the facts or contexts in which the terms are used. One such term is “assault weapon.”

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is seeking a court order to stop Deerfield, Illinois, from implementing its confiscatory “assault weapons” ban.

While speaking to the Santa Fe County Federation of Democratic Women Gubernatorial Forum this month, New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) called for a ban on “high magazine cartridges.”

During the May 21 airing of Tucker Carlson Tonight Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) defended his plan for a government-sponsored “assault weapons” buyback with criminal prosecution of Americans who do not comply. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) tweeted Saturday there is a “real” Second Amendment and an “imaginary” one and he believes the real one is “not absolute.”

At some point we have to come to terms with the fact that we cannot legislate away evil, we can only be prepared to meet it head on and stop it. Good guys with guns are a necessary part of stopping evil in its tracks.

If the heinous attack on Santa Fe High School teaches us anything it is that the left’s favorite gun controls are impotent to stop school shooters.

An art exhibit opening in Chicago’s Daley Plaza suggests buying an AR-15 is as no more complicated than renting a bike. 

A Chinese man on a student visa, who was detained after buying several high-powered rifles, was deported on Tuesday, according to reports.

By a wide margin California voters support more gun control and oppose arming teachers to shoot back if under attack.

Effingham County, Illinois, officially declared itself a “sanctuary county” for gun owners on Monday in reaction gun control overreach.

Dick’s Sporting Goods is destroying all the unsold “assault-style rifles” and “high capacity” magazines which they pulled from shelves following the February 14 Parkland school shooting.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is calling on school pension fund managers to divest of companies that make “assault weapons.”

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed a complaint against the state’s “assault weapons” ban on Friday and expressly described similar bans as constitutional.