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ATF data undercuts claims that criminals in gun-controlled cities are getting the majority of their guns from surrounding states.

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 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.

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.”

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

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.

California has an “assault weapons” ban and firearm confiscation orders but neither control prevented the Tuesday attack at YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters. 

Thirteen-year-old Vermont gubernatorial candidate Ethan Sonneborn, a Democrat, wants the state to pass a gun control bill, and he wants to be sure an “assault weapons” ban is added to it.

On Saturday students marching for an “assault weapon” ban stumbled when asked to explain what the term “assault weapon” means.

A proposed City of Richmond School Safety resolution asked Congress to extend gun-free zones while demanding that teachers be left unarmed. 

The Illinois House passed a bill requiring 18-20 year olds to hand over or transfer ownership of heretofore legally possessed “assault weapons.”

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) partnered with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Wednesday to push more gun control for “assault weapon” sales in America.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their loved ones. But thoughts and prayers are not enough,” the statement read.

On Monday night, CNN aired a segment in which they shot an AR-15 several times and presented it as a “full semi-automatic.”

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) urged her colleagues to ban “massacre machine gun magazines” Tuesday in the wake of the February 14 Florida school shooting.

FedEx released a statement Monday explaining that the company will maintain its relationship with the NRA and that it supports the “constitutional right of citizens to own firearms.”

During the February 15 airing of Face the Nation, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) said the push to arm teachers for self-defense is just a “distraction.”

On February 19 the New York Times suggested banks can go around Congress on gun control by refusing finances to stores and companies that deal in “assault weapons.”

On Monday, CBS News responded to the heinous Florida school shooting by claiming it is easier to buy an “assault rifle” than anti-diarrhea medicine in bulk in Florida.

CNN shocked that Florida does not require its residents to acquire a permit to “conceal carry a rifle or shotgun.”

On November 20 Winslow wrote a Washington Post op-ed to announce he had withdrawn his name from DoD consideration.

Gun control proponent Gabby Giffords is pushing for new regulations on muzzleloaders while Senate Democrats are pushing an all-out ban on “assault weapons.”

During a November 13 appearance on NBC’s Today, former Vice President Joe Biden answered a question on Texas church attack hero Stephen Willeford by saying, “Well, first of all, the kind of gun being carried he shouldn’t be carrying.”

What is important to the gun prohibitionists is control; not gun control, just control, and that involves every facet of your life.

NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof suggested the NYC terror attack death toll would have been much higher if the terrorist had an “assault weapon.”

The FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind.

During MSNBC’s coverage of the Las Vegas shooting on Monday, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called for a ban on assault weapons that “have no purpose but to maim and kill” and are “weapons of war.” Blumenthal blamed the lack of

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) tweeted on Thursday that it is “past time” to ban private ownership of “assault weapons.”

California’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is working on 60 pages of regulatory changes for “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines behind closed doors.

As of January 1, 2017, new gun controls expanded the definition of “assault weapons” in California and required owners of all such guns to register them with the state government.

On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban by ruling that AR-15s have a close enough resemblance to weapons of war to be treated like weapons of war.