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The California law firm Bonner & Bonner seeks a total of $27 billion from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Uvalde city leaders, and others, according to the Texas Tribune.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) used a Wednesday press conference to highlight new state gun controls and emphasized that talking to a would-be gun buyer’s “neighbors online” is now part of a background check.

Iowa’s Spirit Lake Community School Board voted unanimously during a special meeting Monday to arm staff for classroom defense. 

A Bakersfield, California, homeowner opened fire shortly after 11 p.m. on Sunday, killing one alleged intruder and sending the second fleeing into the night.

Police arrested a female suspect at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after two people were shot and killed, and third person shot and injuired, in the city’s Midtown district. 

A report from WGN-TV indicates that nine people were shot in three hours in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago Monday night. 

A UChicago Harris / AP-NORC poll released Tuesday shows the majority of adults believe murders would drop if it were more difficult “to legally obtain” firearms.

A would-be Chicago carjacker is in critical condition after a concealed carry permit holder opened fire on him Monday morning just before 1:30 a.m.

An alleged intruder in Los Angeles’ Lincoln Park neighborhood allegedly charged a homeowner with a knife Friday night and was subsequently shot dead.

At least 34 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan (R) is pushing legislation that requires gun buyers under the age of 21 to get a co-signer age 25 or above.

At least 20 people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday into Saturday evening in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

Parkland father Fred Guttenberg, an outspoken gun control proponent, claims Madison County, North Carolina’s, plan to have AR-15s for classroom defense is “absolute insanity.” 

A woman detained in Grady County, Oklahoma, slipped out of her handcuffs in the back of a patrol car, grabbed the officer’s AR-15, and striking a bystander with bullet fragments.

A Milwaukee mother jumped out of the shower after hearing her children scream, grabbed a gun, and shot and killed an alleged intruder to save her kids.

An August 17 Tampa Bay Times editorial board op-ed points to mass shootings in which the attacker passed background checks as a way of arguing for background checks. 

Nearly 100 shots rang out near a recreation center in Mayor Jim Kenney’s (D) Philadelphia at approximately 7:00 p.m. Tuesday after at least two suspects opened fire.

Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly is conspicuously avoiding any mention of his staunch gun control advocacy as he asks Arizona voters to support his bid for re-election.

Houston Independent School District approved over $2 million in funding for rifles, ballistic shields, ammunition, and communication devices for school resource officers throughout the district.

Photos of the IRS using guns to get accounting students interested in special agent positions went viral Tuesday after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tweeted them out.

A Miami-Dade police officer was shot and critically wounded during a gun battle with a robbery suspect Monday night. 

Smith & Wesson president and CEO Mark Smith released a statement Monday pushing back against House Democrats, noting that “a Smith & Wesson firearm has never broken into a home.”

Florida’s Indian River County School District has added an AR-15 to every school so students returning to class in the fall will have school resource officers who can access rifles in the event of an attack.

The Republican Party of Louisiana unanimously passed on Saturday a resolution in support of the NRA’s defense of Second Amendment rights.

Fourteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Saturday in Mayor Jim Kenney’s (D) Philadelphia. 

At least 45 people were shot, six of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

At least 14 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday evening into Saturday in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced this week that officers in county schools will carry long guns and will be prepared to “meet violence with violence” and win the day. 

Alleged intruders in Sherman Oaks, California, fled the scene early Saturday morning after a homeowner awoke, retrieved gun, and began shooting at them. 

Richmond, Indiana, police chief Mike Britt says officer Seara Burton is “fighting for her life” after being shot during a traffic stop Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. 

The NRA observed Wednesday that President Biden has added 87,000 new IRS agents but zero new armed school officers, despite the Democrat rhetoric about wanting to keep kids safe.

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke (D) called a campaign rally attendee a “motherf*cker” Wednesday after he laughed at O’Rourke’s hyperbolic description of the AR-15 rifle.

FBI agents pursued and cornered an armed suspect who allegedly made threats and tried to breach the Visitor Screening Facility at the agency’s Cincinnati office Thursday morning.

Sig Sauer brought the P365 pistol series full circle today with the release of the P365 X-Macro Comp, a 17 +1 round compact pistol with a compensator, flat striker trigger, and all-new grip module with a standard 1913 rail. 

A job listing for the position of IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent stresses that applicants must “carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force” in order to carry out duties. 

Biden’s Department of Justice  filed a motion Monday seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on gun ownership for medical marijuana card holders.