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Minnesota is coming off a year of record-breaking background checks for gun sales coupled with statistics that show record low violent crime.

Gabby Giffords took to Twitter in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting to push “peace and safety” through gun control.

On Friday Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, endorsed Gavin Newsom as the “greatest leader” on gun control today.

IncIncoming Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) indicates that banning private gun sales in the state will be a priority for 2018.

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows federal agents tried to show ease of illegally purchasing guns online only to fail in 72 out of 72 attempts.

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted about California control failures on the 5th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack.

California’s war on guns will soon broaden to a war on ammunition as a ban on the possession of bullets purchased out-of-state takes effect January 1, 2018.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the FBI and ATF to review the National Instant Criminal Background System

Sens. John Cornyn, Chris Murphy, and Dianne Feinstein announced a new gun control bill which centers on background checks for gun purchases.

During a November 16 appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, GOP operative Rick Tyler said the U.S. only has background checks for handgun sales.

On Wednesday, NBC News reported that Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) were nearing a “bipartisan deal on gun control.”

Senate Democrats can push more gun control but Libertarians are unlikely to comply with any new gun law that makes its way onto the books.

Moms Demand Action’s Shannon Watts claims Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) opposition to universal background checks is equivalent to opposing laws to stop the murder of small children.

The Texas church shooter, Devin Kelley, acquired his gun via a background check at a retail sporting goods store in San Antonio.

A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine claims that California firearm injuries jump as a result of Nevada gun shows.

Because Nevada is one of the states in which Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety campaigned relentlessly for universal background checks in 2016, it is important to note that such checks would have done absolutely nothing to prevent the October 1 Las Vegas attack.

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that universal background checks would save lives, but “many other things” would have to be done as well. Pelosi said that if background checks were

Nashville Police say all guns used the Antioch church shooting were acquired from retailers, which means via background checks.

News of a so-called “Trump Slump” in background checks for gun sales was short-lived and has now been laid to rest via FBI figures that show August 2017 shattered the previous August background check record.

Gun Owners of America’s Larry Pratt says Speaker Paul Ryan’s inaction on concealed carry reciprocity gives “dirtbags” the upper hand.

Amid all the establishment media chatter about a “Trump Slump” in gun sales, National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Mike Bazinet says the evidence indicates 2017 could be the second or third highest year for background checks in the past two decades.

The first six months of 2017 witnessed the second largest number of firearm background checks ever recorded for the first half of a given year, according to the FBI.

The New York Daily News reports the man who attacked Bronx Lebanon Hospital on June 30 acquired his firearm at a gun store just over a week before the attack.

David Frum apologized for referencing murdered Newtown children in reacting to pro-Second Amendment news following the Alexandria attack.

After police took out Alexandria attacker James Hodgkinson, they discovered an assassination list consisting of Republicans in his pocket.

On June 15, the ATF confirmed that the Alexandria attacker bought his guns from a Federal Firearms License holders (FFLs), which means he had to pass a background check before taking possession of the firearms.

On June 15–the day after the attack on GOP House and Senate members in Alexandria–the New York Times noted that Illinois’ strict gun control laws did not prevent the attacker from acquiring guns.

On June 14, the Chicago Tribune reported that 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson, who opened fire on Republican lawmakers, purchased “at least three guns” from “a gun dealer” in Belleville, Illinois, his place of residence.

FBI figures show May 2017 shattered the background check records set under Barack Obama during May 2015 and 2016.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jamie Santora (R-163) is pushing a ban on private gun sales nearly identical to the ones Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action pushed in Washington state, Maine, and Nevada.

Months after the 19-month streak of record-breaking background checks came to an end, the number of background checks for April 2017 reached near-record levels.

The election of President Trump – coupled with Republican control of the House and Senate – shows that “Democrats are good for gun sales.”

The latest “Injury Facts” report from the National Safety Council shows accidental firearm deaths in 2015 were the lowest they have been in any year since 1903.

Democrat Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) are pushing legislation to require law-abiding citizens to pass a background check before assembling a gun from a parts kit at home.

A March 2 Los Angeles Times opinion column suggests Mexican criminal groups can arm themselves at U.S. gun shows and flea markets and calls for President Trump to fix this by instituting more gun control on Americans.

The latest figures from the FBI show that background checks in January were approximately 500,000 lower than the record level of 2,545,802 set in January 2016.