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WBEZ reported that only one percent of gun owners had complied with Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban registration requirement.

On Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the prohibition against firearms in U.S. Post Office facilities violates the Constitution.

California’s Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco breathed a sigh of relief when California’s latest gun control was blocked and he suggested that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) targets law-abiding citizens while giving criminals a pass.

A woman in a Bartlesville, Oklahoma, apartment shot and fatally wounded an alleged intruder early Friday morning.

Washington state Democrats are proposing a bullet tax which they justify as being a tax on the “privilege of using ammunition.”

Firearm production in the United States was 28 percent higher during Biden’s first year in office than it was during Trump’s last.

A press release from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) shows there were an estimated 473.2 million firearms in U.S. civilian hands by the end of 2021.

The gun controls in Oregon’s Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114) were permanently blocked via a General Judgment entered January 9, 2023, by Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is making clear he has no intention of diverting office resources to the enforcement of new gun-free zones for concealed carriers, should such zones take effect.

While giving a speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church, President Biden referenced Thursday’s shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School then pushed gun control that would not have prevented the shooting from taking place. 

California’s SB2, which expanded gun-free zones for licensed concealed carry permit holders, was blocked again on Saturday in a last minute appeal from the California Rifle and Pistol Association.

A Houston, Texas, father shot his daughter’s stepfather three times Friday around 8:30 p.m. after the stepfather was accused of sexually assaulting the daughter. 

The gun control group Newtown Action Alliance reacted to Thursday’s shotgun/handgun attack at Perry High School by pushing for an “assault weapons” ban.

U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Karas sided with plaintiffs, allowing their lawsuit against New York’s “Assault Weapons” ban to proceed.

An Indianapolis, Indiana, homeowner who shot and killed an intruder on Tuesday said, “I shot him with his own gun.”

The shooter at Iowa’s Perry High School Thursday morning has been identified as a 17-year-old who was armed with a shotgun and a handgun.

During a Thursday morning press conference, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante says his office received a 7:37 a.m. alert on a shooting at Perry High School and an officer arrived on scene within seven minutes.

Police responded to reports of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, Thursday morning, January 4, 2024.

Sutter County Sheriff Brandon Barnes made clear Wednesday that his office has no intention of blindly enforcing a California gun control that creates more areas in which concealed carry permit holders are barred from being armed for self-defense.

A robbery suspect was hospitalized in serious condition on New Year’s Day after an Akron, Ohio, Taco Bell employee opened fire.

Israeli news anchor Lital Shemesh was photographed carrying a pistol in a waistband holster while on air Tuesday. 

Three employees at a Metairie, Louisiana, Academy Sporting Goods were fired after chasing a shoplifter who was allegedly stealing a pistol. 

An alleged intruder was hospitalized Monday after kicking in the front door of a Blair, Wisconsin, home and being shot by the homeowner. 

A California woman was sentenced Thursday in a case where she was convicted of supplying guns and money in a murder for hire scenario to have her husband killed

Washington, DC, recorded in 2023 the highest annual number of homicides the city has witnessed since 1997.

A 10-day waiting period for all gun purchases in Washington state went into effect January 1, 2024. 

Minnesota’s red flag law took effect Monday, January 1, 2024, and allows police or family members to petition a judge for an order to have guns taken from certain individuals. 

Expanded gun-free zones for California concealed carry permit holders take effect in the state January 1, 2024.

A 76-year-old Redington Beach, Florida, homeowner shot and wounded an alleged intruder to save his wife from attack around 3 a.m. on December 27, 2023.

Five hundred to six hundred Israelis apply for a gun license every day in hopes of being prepared to defend themselves should Hamas attack again.

An alleged home intruder was hospitalized in critical condition after a Mascotte, Florida, homeowner opened fire on him shortly after 6:00 a.m. Thursday.

A Wood River, Illinois, father tracked down a man Tuesday suspected of beating his daughter and shot him, FOX 2 News reported.

Gaston Glock, the handgun designer who changed the world, died on Wednesday at 94 years of age. 

A 30-year-old woman was shot in the head and killed while driving the day after Christmas in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

At least 18 people were shot, two of them fatally, during the first two days of the Christmas weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

Michigan State University basketball player Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot Saturday while visiting his hometown of Joliet, Illinois.