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April 14, 2021

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SHAPIRO: For the left, bigotry is a tool

March 24, 2021 Ben Shapiro

This week, a white man shot to death eight people in Atlanta-area spas, six of them Asian American. According to Atlanta police, the man said he was targeting brothels and blamed the women for his […]

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Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says ‘we have to act’

March 23, 2021 Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats said Tuesday that they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week. President Joe Biden said “we […]

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Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffy

March 16, 2021 Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much as a […]

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Background checks, ammo and gun sales maintain record pace

February 17, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In 2020, firearm-related background checks, ammunition sales and gun sales all saw record numbers. The pace has continued this year with a record number of background checks performed in January 2021, according to […]

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9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines

August 15, 2020 Don Thompson, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right […]

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Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high

July 3, 2020 Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press

Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic recession, protests over racial injustice […]

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Gun rights advocates sue to block Virginia handgun sales law

June 17, 2020 The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Gun rights advocates are suing to block a Virginia law from taking effect that would ban people from being able to buy more than one handgun a month. The Virginia Citizens Defense […]

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Background checks for firearms remain high

May 5, 2020 Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press

The number of April background checks to purchase a firearm showed Americans flocking to gun stores in high numbers for the second month in a row amid worries about the coronavirus pandemic. The FBI numbers […]

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Judge tosses California ammunition purchase law

April 25, 2020 Don Thompson, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge blocked a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, issuing a sharply worded rebuke of “onerous and convoluted” regulations that violate the constitutional right to bear arms. […]

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Virginia Gov. Northam signs gun-control bills into law

April 13, 2020 Alan Suderman, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by gun control advocates they hope will serve as a “blueprint” for states […]

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