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On Wednesday, Smith & Wesson stock fell as Donald Trump’s victory signaled the end of the gun control push that has marked the last term of President Obama.

There are 17 propositions on the California ballot next month. They range from good, to bad, to downright ugly.

The Texas Attorney General has fired off a brief in the litigation over the right to bear arms in the Waller County Courthouse complex. AG Ken Paxton urges that “Both the law and sound public policy against the chilling of protected speech demand dismissal of Waller County’s claim. He also urges that the Waller County court is without jurisdiction to determine the issue.

Texas has a “30.06 and 30.07 Information Resource” which lists “Second-Amendment unfriendly” businesses.

During a September 8 speech to the National Press Club, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) suggested right-wingers claim gun rights are “God-given” out of fear.

The University of Missouri issued a clarification regarding reports of head coach Barry Odom’s prohibition on handgun ownership among his football players.

Breitbart News highlighted Antonia Okafor’s National Rifle Association (NRA) ad in which she stressed the pressure that she, as a young black woman, had to overcome in choosing to arm herself for self-defense and take her stand as part of “freedom’s safest place.” Okafor has elaborated by equating gun ownership with feminism.

A Pew Research Center survey released August 26 shows majority support for protecting the right to gun ownership versus passing more laws to control who can own a gun.

HEMPSTEAD, Texas — Second Amendment advocates descended on the Waller County Courthouse to support a fellow Texan who was sued by the County after he served notice on them alleging a violation of Texas gun rights.

The Reuters news service has poured cold water on CNN’s overheated claim that the Secret Service warned Donald Trump’s campaign that his gun rights rhetoric seemed to threaten the safety of Hillary Clinton.

HOUSTON, Texas — Texas gun rights activists are converging on the Waller County, Texas, courthouse to protest what they are calling the “tyrannical” actions of the district attorney there. The D.A. sued the founder of Texas Carry, a gun rights organization that sent notices to 76 government entities complaining that officials are violating the law by excluding licensed to carry (LTC) holders. The Second Amendment activists will be engaging in an “open carry protest.”

The president of the Czech Republic has said citizens need to be armed and ready to defend themselves and others in case of a terror attack.

The founder of a gun rights organization has sent notices to 76 government entities alleging they are violating Texas law by wrongfully excluding LTC (licensed to carry) holders. He is now being sued by one of those counties.

Gallup polls conducted within last 12 months show that support for gun control among millennials runs lower than among other age demographics. Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport said, “Millennials are … less interested in gun control than those who are older, so the data suggests it’s unlike a number of other attitudes say like, gay marriage where young people are much more liberal. We did not see that in our data on guns.”

Mike Pence not only brings a strong gun rights record to the Republican ticket, but also a real history of warring against gun control while a U.S. Representative and, thereafter, the Governor of Indiana.

Video has emerged showing black gun rights advocate Mark Hughes handing over his rifle and cooperating with police as they worked to secure the area where the attack on Dallas officers took place.

HOUSTON, Texas–A gun range owner that had his Facebook page blocked after he advertised a free concealed handgun license class for the LGBT community has had the page restored after an article published by Breitbart Texas. The page was restored the afternoon the article exposing the problem was published.

HOUSTON, Texas — A gun range owner in Houston has had his Facebook page blocked. He started having trouble with the social media giant after he advertised a free concealed handgun class for the LGBT community after the Orlando Islamic terrorist attack.

Organizers for the Houston Pride celebration have declared the parade route and other parade events to be “gun-free” despite open carry and concealed handgun laws in Texas.

Since the Orlando terror attack the LGBT gun rights group Pink Pistols has seen their membership grow from 1,500 to more than 7,000.

Members of the House Republican Conference are furious at Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) after they were forced to sidelines for more than nine hours while House Democrats staged a college-style sit-in in the House chamber to demand restrictions on gun rights.

Last week, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Vice President Joe Biden called Friday for a ban on “civilian ownership” of “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Democrats love to claim that ideas they disagree with are violations of the basic American character — and simultaneously to declare that skeptical questioning of their motivations amounts to an intolerable “questioning of their patriotism.”

While under FBI scrutiny, Hillary Clinton says that those under FBI scrutiny forfeit Second Amendment rights.

“The fact that we make it this challenging for law enforcement, for example, even to get — to get alerted that somebody who they are watching has purchased a gun, and if they do get alerted, sometimes it’s hard for them to stop them from getting a gun, is crazy. It’s a problem,” Obama said in the Oval Office today.

On June 5 Hillary Clinton made clear she is diametrically opposed to the Founder Fathers’ goal of protecting natural rights via the Bill of Rights. Speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Clinton suggested all constitutional rights are open to government regulation. She

Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, in a speech Saturday, encouraged armed civilians to arrest and kill drug dealers and violent criminals, even offering “a medal” to those who take it upon themselves to kill a criminal.

On May 26, the Chicago Tribune published an editorial in which it claimed the NRA is exaggerating Hillary Clinton’s threat to gun rights. Focusing on the Supreme Court, the Tribune claimed there is no guarantee that Republicans would confirm Clinton’s

On May 21, Politico cited two of the more than 5 million NRA members to declare a “backlash” over their Donald Trump endorsement.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted that Hillary Clinton wants to disarm average Americans–while living her life surrounded by security who are “fully armed.”

The suspect in the May 5 shooting in Beltsville, Maryland, was the subject of a stay away order that included a prohibition on personal gun possession.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a plan to defend gun rights in general and the Second Amendment in particular. The plan is visible in the policies set forth by Trump as well as his understanding of the value

On April 22 Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to a Pennsylvania audience known for ties to hunting and shooting sports and said, “We can’t ignore the Second Amendment.”

Thursday in Hartford, CT, at the state capitol gun violence prevention forum, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton called for an “amen” after being urged by an audience member to use her executive power as president to restrict the Second Amendment

During the April 11 airing of The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM, Howard Stern told a caller that the handgun is “the great equalizer.”