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On Monday’s “CNN Tonight,” Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) acknowledged he doesn’t “have any real facts” about how the nightclub shooter in Colorado Springs was able to obtain a firearm despite Colorado’s red flag laws, but there should be “a new

Baltimore Ravens lineman Morgan Moses reacted to the shooting that killed three on the University of Virginia campus by suggesting it highlighted “how much work must be done to rid our society of gun violence.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has introduced a bill that would completely repeal the gun control legislation that Democrat President Joe Biden just signed into law after Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and other establishment Republicans championed through Congress alongside Democrats, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

President Joe Biden suggested during a South Lawn celebration of the most recent gun control package that it “makes no sense” that military personnel get stringent training, but civilians can buy AR-15s with no training at all.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stated that the red flag law in Illinois is “ineffective” and “it certainly does appear that there was enough information” about the Highland Park shooter “to cause a court to cause law enforcement to go in and take his guns away.” Murphy also stated that the gun law recently passed by the Senate would give incentives for states to adopt laws “that are right now working in states like Florida, working less well, it seems, in states like Illinois.”

A red flag law, a waiting period for gun purchases, licensing requirements, and numerous other gun controls did not prevent the July 4, 2022, Highland Park attack.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) spoke to Breitbart News about the Supreme Court ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen, noting, “All this is taking place in the Supreme Court while we have Republicans in the Senate who are caving on Second Amendment rights.”

Most independent and Republican voters believe that the government would ultimately abuse “red flag” laws, a Convention of States Action/Trafalgar Group survey released Wednesday found.

In a Wednesday appearance on Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reacted to the bipartisan gun control deal Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) struck with Democrats that includes financial incentives for states that agree to adopt “red flag” laws.

The Senate gun control legislation introduced Tuesday uses Byrne Grants as incentives for the adoption of red flag laws. 

The Senate unveiled Tuesday the language of the bipartisan gun control deal Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) struck with Democrats at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) behest.

Members of the Republican Party are busy betraying their base while simultaneously shooting themselves in the foot by embracing so-called “red flag laws.”

Republican Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) was booed at his home state’s annual Republican Party convention on Friday over his work with Democrats to achieve “bipartisan” gun control. 

Monday, FNC host Tucker Carlson opened his program by criticizing a push in Washington, D.C. to implement so-called red flag laws.

The desperate desire to “do something” blinds gun-control advocates to the fact that their so-called solutions won’t do anything to prevent the next mass shooting. And, unfortunately, too many Republicans accept the flawed premises of the gun-control movement.

Republican J.D. Vance, who is running for U.S. Senate in Ohio, responded by President Biden’s Thursday night gun control push by noting that none of the proposals would reduce gun violence in the U.S.

A plurality of voters blame mental health issues for mass shootings committed by young men, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday found.

Gun control might have had a political chance in the wake of Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last week, but Democrats ended the prospect of major changes when they backed Black Lives Matter and “Defund the Police” in the riotous summer of 2020.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said it’s possible to persuade some people by rephrasing gun control as “gun regulation. Like, we have driving regulation, we have cars, and we regulate the cars.” And stated that

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Tonight,” Homeland Security Advisory Council Co-Chair and former Police Commissioner of Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Bill Bratton argued that “Guns are here to stay.” And “An assault weapons ban isn’t going to help us.”

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz released a video to shore up his pro-gun claims, and the video showed him holding his thumb behind the slide of a Glock handgun while he fired it.

Senate candidate Mehmet Oz (R) renewed his pro-gun claims by releasing a video of himself shooting skeet and discussing the importance of the Second Amendment.

Mehmet Oz, aka Dr. Oz, held a campaign stop in Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he reportedly told would-be voters that he supports a red flag law. 

The House of Representatives passed a final version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Tuesday night which does not contain the red flag law language present in the original.

Two provisions staunchly opposed by a group of House Republicans have been scrapped from the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

Mother Jones pushed red flag laws after announcing that former executive director of Everytown for Gun Safety, Mark Glaze, killed himself. 

Pro-Second Amendment, anti-red flag Winsome Sears (R) emerged as the victor in Tuesday’s lieutenant governor election in Virginia.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee passed Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-GA) red flag legislation on Wednesday.

As of October 19, 2021, Portland, Oregon, has surpassed the record number of homicides for a given year with 67 homicides year-to-date.

The Violence Against Women Act of 2021 (VAWA) which passed the House in the Spring and could now be taken up by the Senate contains a red flag provision applying even to those involved in non-romantic relationships.

Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and 161 other lawmakers sent a September 29, 2021, letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committees urging removal the red flag provision from the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contains a provision allowing military courts to issue orders restraining military personnel from “possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm.”

Modern history provides troubling proof that loss of liberty is preceded by disarmament of citizens. This week, the most obvious example is right before our eyes as we watch the Cuban people pleading for freedom. 

President Joe Biden will renew the gun control push at the federal level during his Wednesday speech on crime.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a proposed rule Monday that will designate certain AR-pistols as “short barreled rifles” and place them under the purview of the National Firearms Act of 1934

The Illinois House passed a legislation Wednesday expanding the scope of “Firearms Restraining Orders” to include the confiscation of firearm parts.