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Monty Python’s John Cleese reacted to the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by pointing the finger at the NRA.

The FBI is now conducting non-instant background checks on 18-20 year-old would-be gun purchasers in compliance with a 2022 gun control law.

State Department official William Malzahn spoke August 31, 2021, at the Seventh Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty and made clear the Biden Administration is committed to international gun control. 

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed Stand Your Ground legislation into law Wednesday, strengthening law-abiding citizens’ ability to defend themselves when under deadly attack.

There are nearly 20 million concealed carry permit holders in the United States and perhaps untold millions more who carry every day in the 16 states that don’t require such permits.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) recategorized a popular Q, LLC-manufactured AR-15 pistol with stabilizer brace as a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR), which places the gun under the purview of the National Firearms Act (1934).

Incoming Florida Senate president Bill Galvano (R-Bradenton) says he is “grateful” for the Everytown for Gun Safety donations to his political committee.

PolitiFact contends that Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden is not seeking to ban guns, just “assault weapons.”

Hawaii State Senate Democrats issued a resolution last week to “repeal or amend” the Second Amendment.

House Democrats plan a floor vote to criminalize private gun sales and add an indefinite extension to the time to complete a NICS instant background check.

The NRA-ILA reports there will be a secret gun control push this Tuesday in Nevada in a special joint judiciary hearing.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed Senate Bill 47 on Thursday to eliminate South Dakota’s requirement that residents possess a concealed carry permit in order to carry a handgun concealed.

Student gun control activist David Hogg is pushing for a federal tax on guns and bullets.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) announced her opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday

The NRA announced it is endorsing pro-gun candidate Marsha Blackburn (R) over D-rated Phil Bredesen in Tennessee Senate race.

Levi Strauss is teaming up with Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety in a bid to secure more U.S. gun control.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is doing his part to derail the government’s settlement with Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed by suggesting 3D gun printers allow someone to copy a “fully semiautomatic weapon.”

California’s method of registration required for “assault weapons” means soldiers deployed during the registration process were unable to enter their firearms into system.

The NRA is pushing for enhanced school safety measures by pointing out that Congress must take protecting our kids as seriously as they take protecting themselves. 

The Illinois Senate will consider a bill Wednesday that would require 18-20-year-olds to relinquish certain semiautomatic rifles.

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows federal agents tried to show ease of illegally purchasing guns online only to fail in 72 out of 72 attempts.

The National Rifle Association is readying a lawsuit against California’s new ammunition controls and that suit focuses on the failure to meet “statutorily mandated” deadlines throughout the lead-up to the launch of the controls.

Rep. Richard Hudson tweeted that national reciprocity is a way to tell “liberal elites” we will keep our guns, and our right to self-defense.

National reciprocity for concealed carry gained the support of a coalition of 24 state Attorneys General from around the country.

The Wall Street Journal shows arming good guys is increasingly viewed as part of the solution to the terror threat in gun-controlled Britain.

When U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp ordered the Virgin Islands National Guard into active duty pre-Hurricane Irma, he also authorized them to seize privately owned guns and ammunition. The NRA is making clear it is ready to go to court to stop the implementation of Mapp’s anti-Second Amendment order.

NRA-ILA executive director Chris Cox pointed out that freedom is winning because President Trump has traded gun control for crime control.

Illinois Democrats’ latest solution to Chicago gun violence comes in the form of more fees and regulations for the already limited number of licensed gun dealers in the city.

During the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, speakers ranging from President Donald Trump to Sheriff David Clarke and NRA senior VP Wayne LaPierre put smackdown after smackdown on gun controllers and their surrogates in the media.

A Crime Prevention Research Center study looking at county-by-county data for 2014 shows that two percent of counties in the U.S. account for 51% of U.S. murders.

On April 28, NRA-ILA’s Chris Cox lauded President Trump’s first 100 days for bolstering the Second Amendment and the exercise of the rights it protects.

In an ad that began airing April 18, NRA-ILA executive director Chris Cox points to ten states that “criminalize the Second Amendment” and suggests “the media” would be giving it front page coverage if the criminalization were directed toward freedom of the press.

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS) is urging opposition to a repeal of the gun ban for military veterans.

In the wake of vetoing legislation that would have allowed women to quickly arm themselves against domestic abusers, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) is now pushing for handgun rationing in Virginia.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed campus carry into law on March 22, and on March 28, SEC Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey issued a statement asking for an exemption so that law-abiding students will not be armed for self-defense at NCAA sporting events in the state.

Arkansas state Representative Bob Ballinger (R-Berryville) is pushing an amendment to the recently passed campus carry law that could gut the obligation to allow campus carry in many on-campus activities and venues.