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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy says the NRA is a “terrorist organization” because they oppose instituting more of the same gun controls that failed before the world’s eyes in Florida on February 14.

During the February 15 airing of Face the Nation, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) said the push to arm teachers for self-defense is just a “distraction.”

President Trump opened the door Thursday morning to a national gun registry via his proposed “comprehensive background checks.”

Amid calls for bans on “bump stocks,” “assault weapons,” and “high capacity” magazines it is important to remember that gun control in general is an appeal to law-abiding criminals.

Two students in Sal Castro Middle School were shot and injured Thursday morning, and police have a 12-year-old female suspect in custody.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) push to ban private gun sales was defeated in a Virginia Senate committee Monday morning.

IncIncoming Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) indicates that banning private gun sales in the state will be a priority for 2018.

Senate Democrats called for the passage of gun control laws within hours of the November 5 church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Chris Murphy will be introducing gun control in reaction to the Las Vegas attack but admits it wouldn’t have stopped the attack in Vegas.

Because Nevada is one of the states in which Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety campaigned relentlessly for universal background checks in 2016, it is important to note that such checks would have done absolutely nothing to prevent the October 1 Las Vegas attack.

Various Democrats–and/or Democrat surrogates–have voiced support for nine different gun controls since Sunday.

On Sunday’s ‘Face the Nation’ Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) contended that concealed carry is not constitutionally protected.

During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that universal background checks would save lives, but “many other things” would have to be done as well. Pelosi said that if background checks were

The New York Times declared the GOP-controlled Congress is “pathetic” for not passing California-style gun controls.

In 2013 Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) voted for a body of gun controls pushed by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Montana Democrats are now employing a bait-and-switch tactic to get Tester re-elected in 2018.

The FBI’s Alexandria report undermines every prominent gun control the Democrats have been pushing for the past 20 years.

Pennsylvania Rep. Jamie Santora (R-163) defended his legislation outlawing private gun sales via the implementation of universal background checks during the May 30 airing of Whatever It Takes with Curt Schilling.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jamie Santora (R-163) is pushing a ban on private gun sales nearly identical to the ones Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action pushed in Washington state, Maine, and Nevada.

At least eight people were injured when a suspect with a beer in one hand and a gun in the other opened fire at the La Jolla Crossroads Apartments.

Actress Sarah Wynter has warned that Republicans’ push for national reciprocity of concealed carry permits will mean the blind and mentally ill will be carrying guns.

The strict French gun control that makes it extremely difficult for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves has proven little more than a paper tiger when it comes to prohibiting terrorists and public attackers from acquiring the guns they need to kill innocents.

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) claims President Trump has the “fortitude” to make the U.S. Senate pass gun control.

When Kori Ali Muhammad allegedly opened fire in Fresno on Tuesday, he not only killed three innocents, but also demonstrated anew that California’s litany of gun control laws poses no hindrance to determined attackers.

Gun control proponent Gabby Giffords responded to the April 10 alleged murder-suicide at North Park Elementary in California by lamenting current levels of gun control and wishing more could be passed.

On April 5, Tennessee Democrats tweeted a video of House Democratic Caucus leader Mike Stewart (D-52) trying to prove how easy it is to sell a gun by offering an AK-47 for sale at a lemonade stand. The video ran just over 48 mins and no one bought the gun.

Canadian researchers, who released a study showing “one child or youth” is shot every day in Ontario, suggest more public health education and gun control are key ways of curbing the frequency of the incidents.

On March 26, the New York Times magazine described Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as “the Senate Democrat who… seems closest to [President] Trump” and who believes he may actually secure gun control under the Trump administration.

Democrats’ last-ditch effort to pass a Michael Bloomberg-endorsed ban on private gun sales was rejected on Monday, bringing an end to any chance that such a measure could be passed this legislative session.

A bill put forward by State Senator Gail Griffin (R-14) prohibits requiring Arizona residents to comply with any future federal firearms background checks on private gun sales.

New Mexico Democrats are assigning a new bill number to failed gun control legislation in hopes of reviving an effort to ban private gun sales.

The Democrats’ push for universal background checks will lead to a gun registry in New Mexico, says a letter signed by 32 of the 33 sheriffs in the state.

Despite strict gun controls — including universal background checks, mental examinations, and bans on entire categories on guns — Paris, France, is deploying soldiers to protect the wealthy during Haute Couture Fashion Week.

Three lawmakers are quietly pushing legislation that would require law-abiding citizens to go a Federal Firearms License holder (FFL) and undergo a background check before one individual sells a gun to another individual.

The universal background checks passed under Nevada’s Question 1 were scheduled to go into effect January 1, but the state’s sheriffs are making clear that it’s not going to happen.

December 14, 2016, marks four years since the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, and ABC News is using the day to draw attention to how President Obama’s emphasis on gun control has largely been coupled with failure to secure any new gun laws.

A television ad shows Senator Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) Democrat challenger, Jason Kander, assembling a gun while blindfolded, then calling for the same gun control that has already failed in California, Colorado, and Washington state.