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FOX News correspondent Bill Melugin reports that the individual who killed two officers on Tuesday was a gang member who was out on the streets because of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón’s policies. 

A report from the Washington Examiner claims texts recovered from Hunter Biden’s laptop show he lambasted his sister-in-law Hallie Biden over her disposal of his gun, mentioning her son’s firearms, as well as guns stored at his father’s house.

NRA’s Wayne LaPierre says the group wants school safety and real action rather than “soundbite solutions” from gun controllers.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow used a Tuesday press conference to urge Congress to make it harder for people to buy “those crazy guns.”

Police in Western Australia arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly building a 15-round firearm out of plastic using a 3D printer. 

CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is a “yes” vote on the Senate gun control agreement.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, district attorney Sam Sanguedolce said an armed citizen opened fire on a man who allegedly shot a woman in a Walmart parking lot on June 1, 2022.

Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed legislation Monday to allow school staff and teachers to be armed for classroom defense.

Police responded to reports of shots fired outside a Duncanville, Texas, children’s camp Monday morning. 

A man allegedly trying to enter an elementary school in Gadsen, Alabama, was shot and killed by a school resource officer Thursday.

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

The Senate gun control agreement that emerged Sunday adds an “investigative period” to certain firearm background checks. 

The NRA responded to the Senate gun control agreement by making clear the organization will continue to oppose any effort to override law-abiding citizens’ “fundamental right” of self-defense.

President Joe Biden sent a tweet Sunday praising the “bipartisan” work after the Senate announced a gun control agreement. 

The Senate reached a bipartisan gun control agreement on Sunday and it includes a crackdown on straw purchases, funding to incentivize states to adopt red flag laws, and deeper record searches for gun buyers under the age of 21. 

The negotiations for bipartisan gun control ended with an agreement on Sunday, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is making clear he wants a floor vote as soon as possible.

Sixteen people were shot, three of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

While speaking at the June 11 March for Our Lives rally, gun control proponent David Hogg suggested putting more cops in schools may actually endanger students who lack the “privilege” of having white skin.

Gun control proponent David Hogg spoke at the June 11 March for Our Lives rally and suggested it is time to treat guns the way anti-tobacco activists treated cigarettes.

President Biden told attendees at a Democrat fundraiser that one of the reasons he opposes armed teachers is because it is not easy to “blow someone’s brains out,” FOX News reported.

A gun control rally is being held in Washington, DC, Saturday with the goal of pressuring senators into passing new restrictions on the Second Amendment in light of recent shootings. 

A Detroit homeowner who shot and killed an alleged armed suspect early Tuesday morning told reporters, “It was me or him.”

CLAIM: During Thursday’s debate on more Democrat gun control Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) claimed there are “more people killed in the United States by hands and knives than rifles.”

Gun control proponent David Hogg apologized after Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) chief of staff hosed him for lying about a scheduled appointment. 

Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi went after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) Thursday for suggesting her dad broke gun laws. 

The CEOs from Levi Strauss, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and 248 other companies are sending a letter to the Senate today asking for more gun control. 

A poll conducted by NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist found that 92 percent of Democrat voters consider it “more important to control gun violence”  than “to protect gun rights.”

During Wednesday’s airing of ABC’s The View, host Joy Behar vented her frustration over a lack of gun control by suggesting gun laws will change “once black people get guns.”

On Wednesday, the Democrat-led House of Representatives began voting on a gun control package containing six gun controls that would not have prevented the May 24, 2022, Uvalde shooting.

Boston Celtic’s Jaylen Brown suggests players could boycott the NBA Finals over gun violence around the country.

The Chicago Sun-Times columnist who is comparing guns to child porn and pushing for more gun laws was previously denied a weapons purchase because of a domestic charge. 

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is pushing the Firearm Proficiency and Training Act (FPTA) to create a tax break for Americans seeking gun training and gun safety courses.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) expressed willingness to look at an “assault weapons” ban and noted that he does not see the need for a “high capacity automatic weapon.”

HBO’s Matthew McConaughey executive produced “True Detective” featured 11 guns and a hand grenade in Season One.

Actor Matthew McConaughey spoke from the White House press room Tuesday and pushed the same gun controls he had outlined in an Austin American-Statesman op-ed the day before.

Homicides in Democrat-run New Orleans are up nearly 50 percent over year-to-date numbers from 2021.