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The day after the heinous Alexandria attack on unarmed victims, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a bill requiring Washington, D.C., to recognize concealed carry permits from every state.

On Sunday a knife-wielding robbery suspect cornered a gun-toting citizen and got shot in the leg and transported to the hospital.

After news of the attack on GOP House and Senate baseball players, Rep. Loudermilk is pushing national reciprocity for members of Congress.

Following the attack on House and Senate members at Wednesday’s congressional baseball practice, Americans for Limited Government (ALG) called on Congress to remove the vulnerability we all face by “immediately” passing national reciprocity legislation.

On Monday, Florida’s Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey doubled down on last week’s pro-self-defense comments by making clear that police respond to 911 calls in minutes but criminals take lives in mere seconds.

On Wednesday Michigan’s House passed legislation to stop requiring a government permit to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense.

Legislation to abolish Michigan’s concealed carry permit requirement passed the House Judiciary Committee and will goes before the full House.

Republican lawmakers in the Ohio House are pushing “Stand Your Ground” legislation and improvements for concealed carry.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Friday that reduces the financial burden for those who have a license to carry a handgun in the Lone Star State. The legislation applies to those obtaining or renewing licenses.

National reciprocity for concealed carry is really about one thing: bearing the arms we keep.

Concealed carry permits rose 215 percent between 2007 and 2015, and the murder rate dropped 14 percent during that same time period.

Hackers may have breached a database and obtained the names of over 16,000 concealed carry permit holders in Florida. The state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the breach this week.

The Crime Prevention Research Center reports the demand for concealed carry witnessed its greatest surge ever between May 2016 and May 2017.

Democrat Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) is pushing a bill to guarantee teachers will be unarmed and unable to shoot back should an attack occur — though there have been zero incidents or accidents with armed teachers in California.

Lupe Valdez the sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, is a member of Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, and a solidly against concealed carry for law-abiding citizens on a national basis.

NYT suggests it is a “bizarre premise” to push campus carry on grounds that allowing law-abiding students to shoot back makes them safer.

Assemblyman pushed bill taking away administrators’ power to allow teachers with CCWs to be armed in classrooms for self-defense.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that Fourth Amendment protections cover individuals who are exercising Second Amendment rights as well.

A concealed carry permit holder shot an alleged carjacker on gun-controlled Chicago’s Southwest side on Wednesday morning.

Beginning August 1, full-time faculty and staff possessing concealed carry permits will be able to carry guns for defense of themselves and their students at Cedarville University.

A pizza delivery driver arrived at a home in Mesquite when two men allegedly tried to rob him, which led to a brief exchange of gunfire.

Arlington, Texas, Police Department officials (APD) confirmed to Breitbart Texas that the now deceased shooter in Wednesday night’s attack on a sports bar/restaurant was prevented from doing “significant harm causing significant loss of life” by a man with a license to carry a concealed handgun. The gunman entered the restaurant with two “fully loaded handguns” and two knives, according to police.

On Wednesday night a concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged “active shooter” at Zona Caliente Sports Bar in Arlington, Texas.

Concealed carry instructor Roy Jones teaches church members across Oklahoma the ins-and-outs of gun safety and usage while weaving in scripture, like Psalm 144:1, which says: “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.”

In a Facebook Live video allegedly filmed in a car outside a Christian conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a Muslim man identified as Ehab Jaber brandishes numerous guns and warns people to “be scared.”

On Tuesday the Alabama Senate passed legislation to abolish the requirement that law-abiding citizens get a concealed carry permit in order to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

The gun control group behind the unsuccessful Cocks Not Glocks campaign is now running a satirical commercial selling “bulletproof hoodies” and other body armor for students on campus carry campuses.

On Friday Gov. Chris Christie (R) commuted the prison sentence for former Marine Sergeant Hisashi Pompey, arrested six years ago for possessing a legally owned gun that was unregistered in the state of New Jersey.

A former United States Marine who traveled to New Jersey with a gun he legally owned — but which was not registered in New Jersey — is facing three years in prison for firearm law violations.

On April 13, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed legislation which institutes “stand your ground” and expands the areas in which law-abiding citizens can carry concealed handguns for self-defense.

With Neil Gorush confirmed and sworn in as Supreme Court justice, the NRA is now redoubling pressure on lawmakers to take up National Reciprocity for concealed carry

On Monday night, a concealed carry permit holder intervened to stop a knife attack then held the suspect at gunpoint until police arrived.

Campus carry and legislation holding gun-free businesses liable for injuries to disarmed citizens are both on the move in Missouri.

Neil Gorsuch was confirmed to the Supreme Court on April 7 and this week will take part in deciding whether he and his fellow justices will hear the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling which upheld California’s “good cause” requirement for concealed carry.

On Tuesday, moderate Republicans in the Kansas House stood with conservatives and defeated a Democrat attempt to prevent campus carry from taking effect July 1.

A woman who waited over 60 days to receive a concealed carry permit while being stalked is urging Indiana lawmakers to realize protective orders are not enough, women need handguns.