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During his Monday rally in Prescott, Arizona, President Trump warned that Democrat Senate candidate Mark Kelly “will vote to take away your guns if elected.”

James O’Keefe released Part 1 of his undercover videos on senate candidate Mark Kelly (D) and claimed Kelly “deceives AZ voters” as to the true nature of his gun control intentions.

On Wednesday Democrat presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg pressed President Trump for more gun control before the facts in the Molson Coors attack were even known.

A study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found expanding background checks does nothing to lower the mass shooting rate.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) proposed a three-quarters cut in funding for school security grants, while outlining numerous new gun controls in his annual budget speech.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) praised the passage of seven gun control bills in Virginia’s House of Delegates on Thursday.

FBI figures show that 2019 shattered the one-year record for the number of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks performed.

Democrat presidential Joe Biden pushed universal background checks days after such checks failed to prevent a school shooting and a football watch party shooting in California.

Celebrities took to Twitter Thursday to push gun control, criticize the NRA, and malign President Trump, after a 16-year-old shot five fellow students in Santa Clarita, California.

During a campaign stop in Charles City, Iowa, Democrat presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders denounced mandatory gun buybacks as “unconstitutional.”

Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is demanding Majority Leader Mitch McConnell allow a Senate vote on Democrat gun control.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is calling a special session of the state’s legislature in hopes of securing universal background checks and other gun controls.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) falsely claimed during CNN’s Democrat debate in Westerville, Ohio, Tuesday night that the majority of Trump voters want gun control.

“If you can develop the plan further, we can have a debate about it,” he said. “We can’t wait.”

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the U.S. Senate to vote on universal background checks and stated that “Now is not the time to go ‘very slowly’ on gun violence.” Durbin urged Senate

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) assured an emotional supporter that she is “not going to die” due to gun violence, promising that she is going to win and “take on the people who are failing to have courage.”

President Trump told reporters over the weekend the administration is “working with [Sen.] Joe Manchin” regarding the current gun control push.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) rejected the White House/Department of Justice (DOJ) universal background check plan that was circulated in a memo on Wednesday.

A White House and Department of Justice proposal containing gun control ideas is now available for public consumption.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden used Delaware gun violence as a justification for taking on the NRA and advocating more gun control on the national level.

President Donald Trump is reportedly not planning to include House Democrats’ universal background check bill as part of legislation he supports in response to mass shootings.

A report on the current state of gun control talks says President Trump and some lawmakers are considering the creation of an app to conduct background checks on private gun sales.

Universal background check legislation contained in H.R. 8 would not have stopped a single mass shooting of the last decade.

Data gathered by President Trump’s campaign shows he would suffer a loss of support during the 2020 election by supporting gun control.

President Trump met with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) about universal background checks and other gun controls on Thursday.

On January 4, 2013, National Institute of Justice Deputy Director Greg Ridgeway observed that universal background checks need to be coupled with a gun registry in order to be effective.

Before Congress took its August break, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that when the Senate returns, it will take up gun control in light of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings. He said, “What we can’t do is fail to pass something.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) signaled Thursday gun control will be one of his top priorities in the next few months.

The NRA is warning that universal background checks will not keep criminals from getting guns to use against innocents. 

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) told Fox News the ability for strangers to sell guns to strangers without a background check is a “loophole” that needs to be addressed.

Law enforcement sources indicate the Midland-Odessa shooter previously failed a background check for mental reasons.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) continued her push for gun reform in the wake of the shooting in Odessa, TX. Host Joe Scarborough noted that a lot of National Rifle Association (NRA)

The Midland-Odessa shooter who attacked innocents Saturday reportedly acquired his gun privately in order to avoid drawing attention to himself via a background check.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) suggests the odds of passing gun control when the Senate reconvenes in September are better than ever.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) stated that a red flag law could be part of a bill package, but “an essential component would have to be these universal background checks.” Host Steve Kornacki asked,

The New York Times suggests “stronger background checks” probably would not have prevented the August 3 and August 4, 2019, shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.