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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an 11 percent tax on guns and ammunition Tuesday, describing the gun control measure as a “sin tax.”

An armed farmer in Washington state pulled over and thwarted an alleged robbery while taking his three youngest sons into town for some “fancy burgers.”

Former President Donald Trump posed with a commemorative Glock handgun while in South Carolina ahead of a campaign speech.

Intuit has done an about-face on its policy banning gun manufacturers from using QuickBooks for payroll.

At least 30 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

During a Friday appearance on MSNBC, Al Sharpton bemoaned the inability to secure more gun control and claimed there would be no mass killings without “mass instruments.”

A gang of alleged robbers shot an 86-year-old man outside his Chicago home Saturday morning around 10 a.m. then stole his truck. 

Billie Eilish, Sheryl Crow, Niles Rogers, Bootsy Collins, and other famous musicians released a video under the banner of “Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence” in hopes of securing more gun control.

U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez blocked California’s ban on ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds on Friday.

On Friday Joe Biden called again for a ban on “assault weapons” and said, “If you need 80 shots in a magazine you shouldn’t own a gun.”

While announcing the launch of the executive Office of Gun Violence Prevention, President Joe Biden pledged to use the office to “centralize, accelerate, and intensify” his administration’s gun control push.

A Las Vegas elderly man’s son opened fire on alleged masked intruders at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, killing one and wounding another.

When President Joe Biden announces the new executive-level Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday, he will name Vice President Kamala Harris as the one to oversee the office, according to Politico.

A report from the City of Philadelphia Controller indicates the Philadelphia Sheriff cannot account for 185 firearms which are missing. 

A good Samaritan in Florida stopped an alleged robbery of a Family Dollar, holding the alleged armed robber at gunpoint for police.

Judge Daniel L. Hovland denied the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the ATF’s pistol stabilizer brace rule.

ABC’s “The View” featured of a live performance of a gun control song that urged viewers stand against gun violence by saying “enough.” 

Congressional staffers are being advised not to wear jewelry or become distracted on cell phones while walking around in crime-ridden, Democrat-run Washington, DC.

Video making the rounds on social media shows a Chicago man being carjacked while other drivers just pass by as if it were any other time or day in the city.

Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) discussed his run for Governor of Louisiana with Breitbart News and affirmed constitutional carry will finally be secured once he is in the gubernatorial office.

President Joe Biden will announce the Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday and the new office will be coordinated with Mike Bloomberg gun control proponents and others.

A Melbourne, Florida, apartment resident shot and killed one alleged intruder and wounded a second around 2:00 a.m. Sunday.

California lawmakers approved a resolution for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) proposed 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on Thursday.

Eight people were shot dead in under 48 hours stretching from Saturday into early Monday morning in Democrat-run Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Nearly 20 people were shot Friday into Sunday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

An arrest has been made in the aftermath of Saturday’s deadly ambush shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer.

On Friday, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (D) responded to Gov. Michell Lujan Grisham’s (D) amended order — banning concealed carry in city parks and playgrounds — by explaining the city of Albuquerque banned guns in city parks three years ago. 

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was ambushed, shot and killed, in Palmdale while inside his police vehicle Saturday night around 6 p.m.

A Fayette County, Georgia, homeowner shot and wounded a murder suspect during an alleged home invasion just prior to 2:00 a.m. Thursday.

Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R) is among a surging number of New Yorkers who have acquired a firearm for self-defense.

Background checks for ammunition purchases and a $2.50 fee for ammo sales are now the law of the land in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) New York.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) amended her order Friday so that it applies only to city parks and playgrounds. 

The NM Republican Party trolled Gov. Grisham, fundraising off her complaints that they were using her concealed carry ban to raise money. 

Algona, Iowa, police officer Kevin Cram died Wednesday night after being shot as he tried to execute a warrant on 43-year-old Kyle Lou Ricke.

Special Counsel David Weiss indicted President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, on felony firearm charges Thursday.

U.S. District Judge David Herrera Urias, a Joe Biden appointee, issued a temporary restraining order against New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) concealed carry ban Wednesday afternoon.