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At least six people were killed during a Brazil school shooting Wednesday when two gunmen opened fire.

James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC) are pushing an extension to allow 10 business days for instant background checks to be completed.

Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris pushed to criminalize private gun sales and ban “assault weapons” during a January 28, 2019, CNN town hall.

A January 2019 Department of Justice report on the criminal use of guns shows fewer than three percent of prisoners who used guns in crime acquired those guns at retail or a gun show.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced legislation to criminalize private gun sales on Tuesday.

Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will be introducing legislation Tuesday to expand background checks.

Democrat House members are using Gabby Giffords in hopes of silencing opposition to gun control opposition. 

House Democrats plan to introduce a bill criminalizing private gun sales on Tuesday of next week.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicates the incoming Democrat majority will act “boldly” in pursuit of criminalization of private gun sales.

A UC Davis study examining the first ten years after California adopted universal background checks shows that those checks did not reduce homicides.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that bringing up bipartisan legislation on background checks “will be a priority for us in the next Congress.” Pelosi stated, “First, let me

On Thursday’s “MSNBC Live,” Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) stated that the “days of doing nothing” in response to mass shootings have come to an end, stating, “we’re going to pass background checks, and we’re going to see if the president

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean says the Thousand Oaks gunman used a legally purchased .45 caliber handgun in his attack.

The Obama administration approved more than 71,000 retailers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits but did not require many of these retailers to undergo background checks, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).

An undercover video released by Project Veritas shows Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s campaign manager listing all the gun controls Sinema supports.

A law enforcement official says Tree of Life Synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers “legally owned his guns.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Tuesday that regaining her Speakership will give her leverage in her conversations with President Donald Trump and will make “all the difference in the world” when negotiating on issues like amnesty and gun control.

Democrat Phil Bredesen is running for U.S. Senate in Tennessee with a D-rating from the NRA and a campaign built upon pledges of more gun control.

Washington ballot initiative I-1639 puts a 10-day waiting period on AR-15 purchases and raises the minimum age for AR-15 purchases to 21.

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

June 2018 dipped below record-breaking levels for background checks but still witnessed enough checks to come in as the second-highest June of all time.

Two firefighters were shot and wounded Monday after responding to reports of an explosion inside a Long Beach, California, senior home.

The most recent Small Arms Survey finds there are more privately owned firearms than people in the United States.

May 2018 became the third consecutive month of record background checks and the biggest May in history, as far as background checks are concerned.

The state of Florida reportedly halted background checks on concealed carry permit applicants for over a year because they had trouble logging in.

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.

Background checks for the month of April 2018 were the highest recorded for that month since background checks were implemented in 1998.

Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) is pushing to end Citibank’s federal contract after the finance giant adopted new gun policies that do not respect the Second Amendment.

Background checks for gun sales shattered a record in March while celebrities and Parkland gun control activists pushed for more restrictions on Second Amendment rights.

The Republican omnibus bill includes Sen. Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) “Fix NICS” legislation but turns a blind eye to the national reciprocity legislation that was introduced in the Senate over a year ago.

The Broward County, Florida, school leniency program that was likely the inspiration for the Obama administration’s plan to shrink the “school to prison pipeline” is part of a larger Obama-era plan to force school “equity.”

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL), whose district includes Parkland, stated President Trump has retreated to a gun position that says he’s only willing to do what the NRA tells him he can do and

Whereas in the United States, a background check is sufficient to purchase a firearm, in Italy several more steps are required, boasts an article Saturday in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

A PAC founded by a former Clinton staffer erected a billboard in Pensacola, Florida, which suggests the “NRA is a Terrorist Organization.”

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stated she hopes President Trump’s statements at a gun violence discussion “can be a lesson for the Congress that Republicans need to finally allow Congress” to pass reforms like banning assault

During the February 25 airing of Meet the Press Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) pushed background checks for gun shows as part of the response to the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.