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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) proposed gun confiscation orders, criminalization of private gun sales, an “assault weapons” ban, and other gun controls on Friday.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicates the incoming Democrat majority will act “boldly” in pursuit of criminalization of private gun sales.

A UC Davis study examining the first ten years after California adopted universal background checks shows that those checks did not reduce homicides.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that bringing up bipartisan legislation on background checks “will be a priority for us in the next Congress.” Pelosi stated, “First, let me

Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean says the Thousand Oaks gunman used a legally purchased .45 caliber handgun in his attack.

The Obama administration approved more than 71,000 retailers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits but did not require many of these retailers to undergo background checks, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI).

An undercover video released by Project Veritas shows Democrat Kyrsten Sinema’s campaign manager listing all the gun controls Sinema supports.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Tuesday that regaining her Speakership will give her leverage in her conversations with President Donald Trump and will make “all the difference in the world” when negotiating on issues like amnesty and gun control.

Democrat Phil Bredesen is running for U.S. Senate in Tennessee with a D-rating from the NRA and a campaign built upon pledges of more gun control.

Washington ballot initiative I-1639 puts a 10-day waiting period on AR-15 purchases and raises the minimum age for AR-15 purchases to 21.

Parkland high school gun controllers and the National Organization for Change are holding a ‘National March on the NRA’ August 4 in Fairfax, Virginia. 

June 2018 dipped below record-breaking levels for background checks but still witnessed enough checks to come in as the second-highest June of all time.

Two firefighters were shot and wounded Monday after responding to reports of an explosion inside a Long Beach, California, senior home.

The most recent Small Arms Survey finds there are more privately owned firearms than people in the United States.

May 2018 became the third consecutive month of record background checks and the biggest May in history, as far as background checks are concerned.

The state of Florida reportedly halted background checks on concealed carry permit applicants for over a year because they had trouble logging in.

If the heinous attack on Santa Fe High School teaches us anything it is that the left’s favorite gun controls are impotent to stop school shooters.

Background checks for the month of April 2018 were the highest recorded for that month since background checks were implemented in 1998.

Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) is pushing to end Citibank’s federal contract after the finance giant adopted new gun policies that do not respect the Second Amendment.

Background checks for gun sales shattered a record in March while celebrities and Parkland gun control activists pushed for more restrictions on Second Amendment rights.

The Republican omnibus bill includes Sen. Chris Murphy’s (D-CT) “Fix NICS” legislation but turns a blind eye to the national reciprocity legislation that was introduced in the Senate over a year ago.

The Broward County, Florida, school leniency program that was likely the inspiration for the Obama administration’s plan to shrink the “school to prison pipeline” is part of a larger Obama-era plan to force school “equity.”

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL), whose district includes Parkland, stated President Trump has retreated to a gun position that says he’s only willing to do what the NRA tells him he can do and

Whereas in the United States, a background check is sufficient to purchase a firearm, in Italy several more steps are required, boasts an article Saturday in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

A PAC founded by a former Clinton staffer erected a billboard in Pensacola, Florida, which suggests the “NRA is a Terrorist Organization.”

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stated she hopes President Trump’s statements at a gun violence discussion “can be a lesson for the Congress that Republicans need to finally allow Congress” to pass reforms like banning assault

During the February 25 airing of Meet the Press Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) pushed background checks for gun shows as part of the response to the attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) urged Congressional Republicans to “show just a shred of the courage of the Stoneman Douglas students.” And called on the House to vote “to require background checks on every sale and

During the February 21 airing of Your World with Neil Cavuto, former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said part of the solution to school shootings is “tougher background checks to limit the number of people who can get guns.”

Sen. Patrick Toomey hopes he and his Senate colleagues can secure gun control in the wake of the February 14 Florida school shooting.

Minnesota is coming off a year of record-breaking background checks for gun sales coupled with statistics that show record low violent crime.

The day after the heinous attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, law enforcement officials indicated that alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz purchased his rifle legally.

Gabby Giffords took to Twitter in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting to push “peace and safety” through gun control.

On Friday Gabby Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, endorsed Gavin Newsom as the “greatest leader” on gun control today.

IncIncoming Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) indicates that banning private gun sales in the state will be a priority for 2018.

Gabby Giffords recounted the January 8, 2011, attack on her by suggesting Americans want everyone to pass the same background check her attacker passed for his firearm.