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Thirty-six people were shot, at least five of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

President Joe Biden pushed an “assault weapons” ban Friday after a Raleigh, North Carolina, attacker allegedly armed with a shotgun killed five people.

Nineteen people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night across Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville reversed and remanded a lower court decision Friday that upheld a Columbia Housing Authority gun ban.

A homeowner in Newton County, Texas, awoke to an alleged naked intruder in his home Wednesday at about 5:30 a.m. and shot him.

A fifth grade teacher at East Chicago, Indiana’s St. Stanislaus School was arrested Wednesday after a student told administrators the teacher said she had a “kill list” including names of students.

Five people were killed, including an off-duty officer, when a juvenile reportedly opened fire in Raleigh, North Carolina, around 5 p.m. Thursday.

Two Connecticut police officers were killed, and a third injured, in an apparent ambush Wednesday night around 11 p.m. in Bristol.

Three SWAT team members were shot while serving a warrant Wednesday around 6:30 a.m. in Democrat-run Philadelphia. 

President Joe Biden once again pledged more gun control, including an “assault weapons” ban, during an interview Tuesday with CNN’s Jake Tapper.  

An alleged intruder is hospitalized after accidentally waking up an armed homeowner in Louisiana’s Livingston Parish Monday morning around 2 a.m.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) signed the Times Square gun ban into law Tuesday, just days after a U.S. District Court judge issued a temporary restraining order against a number of New York’s newest gun controls.

The wife of a DeKalb County, Georgia, pastor died Monday after being shot by a stray bullet while in bed on Wednesday around 12:30 a.m.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) was just released and shows that more people were beaten to death with fists and feet in 2021 than were killed with rifles. 

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) shows over twice as many people were killed with knives and other cutting tools than were killed with rifles in 2021.

CNN sounded the alarm Sunday by warning that the pro-Second Amendment makeup of  the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) portends an end to gun control “nationwide.”

Michael Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety is launching a $2.3 million ad campaign highlighting Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon’s (R) opposition to gun controls that are in vogue in California. 

Alabama 18-year-old Pharrell Smith is under arrest and will face charges for allegedly threatening to shoot black fairgoers attending the Lee County Fair. 

Eighteen people were shot, two of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

A high school football game in Battle Creek, Michigan, was stopped after shots were fired in a parking lot outside the stadium. 

A youth basketball coach was stabbed to death on a New York City subway Thursday night, the seventh murder victim on the subway system in gun-controlled NYC this year. 

Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd is telling residents of his county to protect their homes by shooting looters until they look “like grated cheese.”

Fallen Richmond, Indiana, officer Seara Burton’s K9 partner was retired from the police force to live its life with Burton’s family. 

A Dunn, North Carolina, homeowner says she grabbed a gun and shot it for the first time Tuesday when an alleged intruder tried to steal things from her home, including her dog.

The punishment for lying on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) Form 4473 is “up to 10 years imprisonment and/or up to a $250,000 fine.”

A report from the Washington Post indicates federal agents believe they have compiled sufficient evidence to charge Hunter Biden over an alleged false statement on a gun purchase background check.

On Thursday U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued a temporary restraining order against portions of New York’s newest gun controls, including the requirement that concealed carry permit applicants have their social media scoured.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday again took to social media to pledge he will not stop pushing until he secures a ban on “assault weapons.”

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) points to FBI background check figures to show over one million guns have been sold in America every month for the past 38 months. 

Over 30 people were killed Thursday during a shooting spree that included an attack on a northeastern Thailand childcare center despite Thailand’s “restrictive” gun controls, which include a ban on semiautomatic rifles.

On Monday the Supreme Court of the United State (SCOTUS) vacated a lower court ruling that upheld Massachusetts’ handgun restrictions and licensing requirements.

A father visiting his son at Marist College was shot and killed Sunday in the lobby of the Marriot hotel in Poughkeepsie, New York. 

A man identifying himself as “Kem” claims he got $21,000 in $500 gift cards by bringing 110 3D-printed frames and receivers to a Utica, New York, gun buyback which was sponsored by NY Attorney General Letitia James’ Office.

A homeowner in Prichard, West Virginia, who is also a Republican candidate for District 28 House of Delegates, held an alleged intruder at gunpoint for 30 minutes Monday as he waited for police to arrive.

A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows the FBI undercounts the number of times an armed citizen stops an active shooting.

A 21-year-old Polk County, Florida, deputy was fatally shot Tuesday morning around 3:00 a.m. while serving what Sheriff Grady Judd described as a “felony meth warrant.”