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Sheriffs in 80 Illinois counties are making clear they will not enforce the “assault weapons” ban Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law on Tuesday.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF’s) stabilizer brace rule was finalized January 13, 2023, and it portends the registration of millions of guns. 

Figures from the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) show over 330 police officers were shot in 2022 and 62 were killed in the shooting incidents. 

A Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s deputy was shot and fatally wounded during a shootout Friday around 4:20 p.m.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) released its final rule on stabilizer braces Friday, noting that individuals in possession of said braces have 120 days to register them once the final rule appears in the Federal Register.

Legislation was introduced in the House of Delegates this week which gives Virginia the opportunity to become the 26th constitutional carry state in the Union.

Maryland Democrats are pushing restrictions for licensed concealed carry that would prevent the legal carriers from being armed for self-defense in pubic places. 

Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R) responded to Gov. JB Pritzker’s signing of a ban on commonly owned semiautomatic weapons by stating, “We will not comply.”

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation Wednesday night banning commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and magazines which Democrats consider “high capacity.” 

An alleged robber pulled a gun in a Gilmer County, Georgia, convenience store Monday night only to have his plans thwarted when all three of the store’s customers, at the time, turned out to be armed.

A police officer was serving a warrant for two individuals when shots rang out and he was hit shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lawrence, Indiana.

Rep. Richard Hudson (R) introduced national reciprocity for concealed carry in the 118th Congress on Monday night. 

A Georgia mother was shot in an alleged road rage incident Sunday evening on her way home from a monster truck show in Greenville, South Carolina. 

Four people were shot and killed on Monday alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

A Louisiana mother shot and killed an alleged intruder at about 5 a.m. Sunday in Tangipahoa Parish.

U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb granted a temporary restraining order (TRO) Monday against New Jersey’s new gun control barring licensed concealed carry in “sensitive places.”

Illinois Democrats in the state House are crying foul in response to state Senate president Don Harmon’s (D) amendment removing a requirement that owners of “assault weapons” register them.

A Washington, DC, homeowner shot and killed a 13-year-old who was allegedly breaking into cars early Saturday morning.

Miami Gardens Police Chief Delma Noel-Pratt is blaming rapper French Montana for the shooting that injured numerous people on Thursday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the ATF’s bump stock ban on Friday, noting that a bump stock is not a “machine gun.”

Cage the Elephant lead singer Matthew Shultz was arrested Thursday night in Manhattan and charged with criminal possession of a firearm.

A female teacher in Newport News, Virginia, is in critical condition after being shot Friday afternoon by a six-year-old student.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down a 13-3 decision Friday striking down the regulatory gun control that banned bump stocks under former President Donald Trump.

A masked alleged robber died Thursday night after being shot about 11:30 p.m. by a customer in a Houston’s “The Ranchito #4” restaurant.

Tactical Walls Modwall is a gun storage and display system that allows gun owners to store their firearms higher than little hands can reach while retaining the ability to display them in a study or hobby/hunting room.

Year-end figures from the FBI show there were over 31 million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks conducted in 2022 and over 16 million guns sold. 

A Dollar General store clerk in Monroe, Louisiana, shot and killed an alleged armed Monday and was subsequently charged with manslaughter. 

A Bosque County, Texas, homeowner shot and wounded an alleged intruder Tuesday night, then held the suspect at gunpoint for police. 

Eight family members, five of whom were children, were found dead from gunshot wounds inside an Enoch, Utah, home on Wednesday evening.

A lawsuit filed against Daniel Defense and Oasis Outback gun store suggests AR-15 rifles carry a special appeal because they are “accurate every time,” even when the attacker has no “previous weapons training or experience.”

NJ.com used an editorial Tuesday to lament the existence of the Second Amendment and suggested the U.S. would be better off if it just followed Canada’s gun banning lead.

An alleged intruder entered a Lake County, Florida, home through a window Monday and was shot dead by a person inside the house. 

A good Samaritan with a gun saved a woman from an alleged attempted abduction at the Shops at Saddle Creek parking lot Friday at 8 p.m.

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, Police Chief Justin McIntire was shot and killed during a foot pursuit Monday afternoon and a second officer was wounded.

Less than a day into his presidency, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva suspended new registrations for guns, forbade the transportation of loaded guns, and reduced the number of guns a person can legally own to three.

Mayor Tim Keller’s (D) Albuquerque witnessed 120 homicides in 2022, setting a calamitous new annual record for the city.