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On Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago Tribune reported that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett gave the city of Naperville until Monday to respond to a challenge levied against its “assault weapons” ban.

Constitutional carry legislation cleared the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 7-4 on Tuesday.

A National Shooting Sports Foundation report on April background checks shows gun sales surged in states where “radical measures” against Second Amendment rights have been adopted or are about to take effect.

An emergency application filed with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked the court to intervene and issue an injunction against two separate “assault weapons” bans in Illinois pending appellate review.

San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers indicated Francisco Oropesa, the Mexican national who allegedly shot and killed five people in Cleveland, Texas, Friday, has eluded police and “could be anywhere now.”

An 18-year-old Texas A&M-Texarkana baseball player was shot in the chest by an errant bullet at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday during a game in Texarkana.

At least 27 people were shot, five of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

Flagler County, Florida, Sheriff Rick Staly commended a Georgia convenience store clerk who shot a robbery suspect eight times, leaving him in critical condition.

The Texas House passed a bill last week that would pay an extra $25,000 to K-12 teachers who get training and carry a gun during school hours for classroom defense.

At least 15 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

FACT CHECK: Mike Bloomberg gun control affiliate Shannon Watts claimed there is no background check required for the purchase of rifles and other long guns in Texas.

U.S. District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn issued a preliminary injunction against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban Friday, noting in his opinion that there are already plenty of gun laws on the books and those laws need to be enforced.

Law enforcement officials are seeking a “Mexican male” in connection with a shooting that left five people dead in Cleveland, Texas, Friday night, according to reports.

Florida deputies opened fire on a suspect who allegedly attempted to stab a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K9 after an hours-long standoff with authorities.

Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) tweeted Thursday night that documents left behind by the 28-year-old transgender shooter who killed six at a Christian school would be released “very soon.”

Pennsylvania House Democrats passed a package of four gun controls out of committee Wednesday, making it possible that the gun controls could go before the whole House sometime next week.

A poll released Thursday by FOX News showed a majority of voters support an “assault weapons” ban, but it revealed the driving force behind the ban is over 80 percent of Democrat voters.

An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) job posting shows the tax collection agency is hiring armed agents to work in all 50 states.

“Shazam” Adam Brody, “Yellowstone’s” Piper Perabo, numerous other celebrities, as well directors and producers, took part in a White House Roundtable Wednesday and demanded less gun violence in Hollywood productions. 

Breitbart News spoke with presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday, and he stressed, historically speaking, that “the Second Amendment was critical to securing the rest of the civil rights” for black Americans.

Gun control activist David Hogg tweeted a video Wednesday featuring a loud noise in a crowded gym to push for more gun control, but police made it clear the noise was not a gunshot. 

A homeowner in Greece, New York, awoke to strange noises Monday morning, ascertained there was an intruder in the home and stopped the suspect with one shot. 

While various leftists continue to fight against allowing teachers to be armed for classroom defense, John R. Lott, Jr. reports there has never been a shooting during a school day in a school where teachers are armed.

ATF director Steven Dettelbach was questioned by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) Wednesday and would not say whether Americans will go to jail if found with an unregistered pistol brace once registration period expires.

An alleged intruder faced a barrage of bullets Monday night, after forcing his way into a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home around 10 p.m.

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) bump stock ban is “ambiguous” and reversed a lower court’s ruling that upheld the ban.

Gov. Jim Pillen (R) signed LB77 on Tuesday, making Nebraska the 27th constitutional carry state in the Union.

Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a Washington state “assault weapons” ban into law Tuesday, and the Second Amendment Foundation immediately filed a lawsuit against the ban.

The Nashville Police Department denied a public records request for the release of the manifesto left by the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville Christian school.

Walmart’s website opens with photos of mothers and children shopping, weekly specials on daily necessities, and–for those who click on the “Our Company” link and dig a little deeper–an unabashed admission that Walmart has been videoing gun sales in its stores. 

A poll conducted by Monmouth University finds that more Americans oppose an “assault weapons” ban than support implementing one. 

Alberta is continuing its stand against PM Justin Trudeau’s gun control push by barring police and municipalities from participating and/or enforcing the gun controls without written permission from Alberta’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General Tyler Shandro.

One person is dead, and another is in custody after a “domestic” situation led to a shooting at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma, early Monday afternoon.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke with Breitbart News about Republicans’ continued efforts to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule, saying, “We’re going to defund it.”

Gun sales are surging among women in the wake of the Nashville Christian school shooting and the attack on the Louisville bank, CNN reported on April 22.

At least 20 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.