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Over 60 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. 

Twenty-five people were shot Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

The “assault weapons” ban legislation that passed the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday not only prohibits AR-15s and AK-47s, but numerous semiautomatic pistols and shotguns as well.

On Friday Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill allowing private citizens to sue manufacturers and sellers of illegal “ghost guns” and any firearms which Democrats label “assault weapons.” 

Police responded to reports of a shooting Friday morning and found three people shot to death in Iowa’s Maquoketa Caves State Park Campground.

The Democrat-led Massachusetts House of Representatives is pushing to force residents with a license to carry to renew twice as often and is expanding the prohibitions that prevent applicants from getting licenses to begin with. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) vowed Wednesday that he will use his “bully pulpit” to target gun makers who, he said, make products for one purpose: “to kill.”

Figures from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicate there are more AR/AK-style firearms in private possession “than Ford F-Series trucks on the road.”

During Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) claimed that a stabilizing brace turns an AR-pistol into an “automatic weapon.”

Twenty-six-year-old looter Stephan Cannon was convicted Wednesday of killing 77-year-old St. Louis police captain (ret.) David Dorn during riots in 2020. 

House Judiciary Committee Democrats aligned and voted unanimously to pass an “assault weapons” ban on Wednesday while committee Republicans all voted against the measure. 

Gun control proponent David Hogg was escorted out of the House Chamber Wednesday after he interrupted a House Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence.

CLAIM: Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), during Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, claimed more people are killed annually with knives than are killed with rifles.

While speaking Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (D) suggested an armed citizen engaging the July 4 parade attacker would have meant “more carnage.”

National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) president Philip T. Smith spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and told them that 21st century gun control is a throwback to 19th century “black codes.”

 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said it is “time to name and shame” AR-15 makers during opening comments Wednesday for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on “assault weapons.”

A ballot initiative that will be placed before Oregon voters this fall would ban “high capacity” magazine sales and require a permit for firearm purchases. 

Greenwood Police Chief James Ison corrected the record on Tuesday by noting that 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken opened fire on the Indiana mall mass shooter and “neutralized” him just 15 seconds after the attack began.

Leftists are pushing back against the praise being poured on 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken by claiming he was no “Good Samaritan.”

George Soros-funded Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) dropped charges against Jose Alba, the New York City bodega worker who stabbed a man to death in self-defense.

Democrat-run Portland, Oregon, is witnessing a homicide rate that has surged 207 percent above highs seen from 2019 to 2021.

Twenty-two-year-old Elisjsha Dicken is being praised for shooting and stopping Sunday’s mass shooter in Indiana’s Greenwood Park Mall.

The 22-year-old man who shot and killed the would-be mass shooter at Greenwood Park Mall was armed because of “constitutional carry.”

The Uvalde school shooting report reveals that 376 law enforcement personnel arrived at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in response to reports of a shooting, but it was over an hour until law enforcement was ordered to go inside.

The special Texas House Panel’s report on the Uvalde school shooting reveals that the attacker’s uncle drove him to the gun store believing the attacker was getting food, but he got a rifle instead.

The May 24, 2022, Uvalde attacker was called “school shooter” by friends before the attack occurred, a report issued Sunday by a special Texas House panel said.

NBC Sports’ ProFootballTalk published a statement from Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson Sunday in which he announced that he will cancel his “AR-15” clothing line to avoid being associated with “the assault rifle.”

A lawsuit has been filed over California’s AB 2571, a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) which targets the promotion of firearm-related events to youth.

Twenty-one people were shot during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago, seven of them fatally.

Greenwood, Indiana, police chief Jim Ison described the 22-year-old who shot and killed a mall attacker as the “hero of the day.”

An armed citizen reportedly foiled a mass shooting by killing an alleged attacker who opened fire Sunday around 6 p.m. in Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana.

A report from the San Francisco Chronicle indicates California Democrats are preparing to restrict where concealed carry handguns can be carried and to raise the age for concealed carry from 18 to 21.

A 26-year-old man who allegedly held a knife to a gas station clerk’s neck in St. Charles, Missouri, was shot and killed Saturday morning by a store customer.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Tuesday allowing California residents to sue not only gun makers, but also gun dealers if a firearm they sold under certain circumstances is afterwards used in a crime.

The House Judiciary Committee will be moving on an “assault weapons” ban bill that targets at least 45 specific AR-15 rifles and approximately 30 specific AK-47s.

An expanded study from the Crime Prevention Research Center lists over 60 instances in which a concealed carry permit holder stopped a mass shooter.