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USA Today is tracking background checks thus far in 2019 and notes that this year could witness an all-time record for the number of background checks conducted.

Commissioners in Hood County, Texas, declared “Second Amendment Sanctuary” status on Tuesday, vowing to stand with their sheriff if he refuses to enforce federal gun control laws.

Democrat presidential hopeful Robert “Beto” O’Rourke cheered Dick’s Sporting Goods’ decision to destroy $5 million worth of semiautomatic rifle inventory.

Robert “Beto” O’Rourke explained his belief that Americans will hand over certain guns if Democrats succeed in banning them.

Gun control proponent Michael Bloomberg says Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s confiscatory talk feeds gun control opposition.

In a Democrat presidential field where the front runners are drawing 30 to 34 percent support Robert “Beto” Rourke is only drawing 4 percent, but he sure can sell some AR-15s.

During a weekend exchange with reporters Robert “Beto” O’Rourke explained he plans to use fines to “compel” American gun owners to comply with his AR-15 ban.

President Trump signed legislation Friday to create broader access to funding for state-level gun range expansion and improvement.

Statistics compiled by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reveal more than 16 million AR and AK-style firearms were produced for Americans in the period 1990-2016.

After President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court of the United States, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announced their “strong support” for Kavanaugh and urged a speedy confirmation.

Legendary shotgun maker Mossberg is following in the footsteps of Springfield Armory and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) by severing ties with Dick’s Sporting Goods.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has canceled Dick’s Sporting Goods’ membership, thereby expelling the company from the organization.

Geraldo Rivera is standing for gun control and believes President Trump is the “only political force” that can stand against the “gun lobby” and secure it.

A lone activist showed up to protest the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show and Breitbart News asked him some questions.

Larry Keane says there is no correlation between gun ownership and gun crime, a new analysis once again confirmed.

The family of three victims killed in the Texas church attack are suing the FFL where the killer passed a background check for his rifle.

NSSF”s Larry Keane told Breitbart News that “fix-NICS” legislation prevents would-be attackers from “lying and buying” on gun purchases.

Organizers of a suicide prevention walk are denying participation to the Brady Campaign and Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action.

News of a so-called “Trump Slump” in background checks for gun sales was short-lived and has now been laid to rest via FBI figures that show August 2017 shattered the previous August background check record.

Amid all the establishment media chatter about a “Trump Slump” in gun sales, National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) Mike Bazinet says the evidence indicates 2017 could be the second or third highest year for background checks in the past two decades.

On Thursday the Washington state Supreme Court upheld Seattle’s tax on guns and ammunition despite the state’s Preemption Act.

Gun control proponent Shannon Watts, founder of the Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, claims the “gun lobby” is using the term “suppressor” instead of “silencer” as a way to confuse members of her group.

Last week the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) held an event in Manassas, Virginia, focused on the hearing protection offered by firearm suppressors.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released “adjusted” National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures on April 3, showing that checks in March 2017 were up 5.2 percent over figures for March 2016.

The latest “Injury Facts” report from the National Safety Council shows accidental firearm deaths in 2015 were the lowest they have been in any year since 1903.

On January 19 — the last full day of Barack Obama’s presidency — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe issued a ban on the use of “traditional ammunition on Service lands.”

On Thursday, California’s Fifth District Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit against California’s micro-stamping requirement by observing that the requirement cannot be enforced if the technology to micro-stamp does not exist.

On October 24, the Los Angeles Times ignored evidence, and the pleadings of common sense, in order to contend a national “microstamping” requirement would help solve crimes.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and individual Massachusetts gun stores are suing Attorney General Maura Healey (D) for her unilateral expansion of the state’s “assault weapons” ban.

The latest figures from the FBI show that August was the 16th consecutive month of record background checks for retail gun sales.

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has issued a letter setting forth more executive gun controls–guidelines for gunsmiths to register with the DDTC and pay fees requisite to that registration.

The emergence of women as a gun-owning demographic to be reckoned with became evident in 2011 and 2012. The NRA reports a Gallup Poll showing a 23 percent jump in female firearms ownership between 2005 and 2011, and this poll is complimented by National Shooting Sports Foundation research showing that among those female gun owners, the largest percentage own more than one gun.

A recent report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) shows that the economic impact of the gun industry has increased 158% under President Obama.

A National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) poll released April 25 shows that 70 percent of voters reject lawsuits against gun manufacturers. According to NSSF, “Seven of 10 American voters do not support allowing crime victims to sue firearm manufacturers and retailers

The gun industry added 24,763 jobs to the U.S. economy because of the unprecedented surge of gun sales in 2015, according to an estimate by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

On February 5, Simpson College decided it will not only maintain its School Shooting Club but will also hire “a full-time coach” for the club soon.