AWR Hawkins

Democrat presidential hopeful Cory Booker suggests gun owners should be licensed because drivers are.

As part of his ongoing push for a forced buyback of certain firearms, Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke lamented that “America has more guns than human beings.”

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is urging Democrat presidential hopefuls to champion the ban and subsequent forced buyback of certain firearms.

Jimmy John’s sandwich chain is facing a boycott from animal rights activists over hunt photos that show company founder Jimmy John Liautaud giving a thumbs up by a dead elephant.

Ohio’s Junior Lions Cheer Team is drawing fire from a mother who says it should not sell raffle tickets for America’s most popular rifle, the AR-15.

Parkland father Andrew Pollack says Americans need to be armed for self-defense because when seconds count “first responders are minutes away.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) says President Trump can “Make America Safe Again” through the passage of gun control.

A 7-Eleven clerk in the Dallas area roped an alleged armed robbery suspect and tied him up to keep him under control until police arrived.

While talking to reporters Wednesday, President Trump doubled down on his intent to avoid a “slippery slope” for gun rights.

Needles, California, Mayor Jeff Williams says the gun laws of his state require him to drive 280 miles round-trip in order to get ammunition to hunt quail or target shoot.

The March for Our Lives gun control movement is calling for the registration of all guns and implementation of “mandatory” buybacks of certain guns.

President Trump suggested Democrats have given up any defense of the Second Amendment and pledged that he will not allow Americans’ gun rights to be swept away on the “slippery slope” of gun control.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) claims the 1994 “assault weapons” ban lowered crime even though a Department of Justice report shows it had no impact on recorded figures.

President Trump appears to be shifting away from the background check push he undertook in the immediate aftermath of the attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

Rep. Pete King (R-NY) is supporting the Democrats’ “assault weapons” ban in order to get rid of what he refers to as weapons “of mass slaughter.”

Twenty-eight individuals were shot, five fatally, over the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago. NBC Chicago reports the first of the weekend’s fatalities was a double murder that occurred in a shooting around 4 pm Friday.

Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke went to an Arkansas gun show over the weekend, took photos standing by AR-15 sale placards, and then denounced the availability of the firearms.

University of Texas receiver Joshua Moore was arrested and charged with allegedly carrying a loaded gun in Austin last month.

A 75-year-old Lake County, Illinois, homeowner used a “small caliber revolver” to foil an alleged robbery by six suspects. 

Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren says it is “an honor to fight alongside Gabby Giffords” in the push for more gun control.

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) is baffled that cities can ban plastic straws, but Congress cannot unite to ban “assault weapons.”

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) is reconvening his committee a week before the rest of Congress in order to work on gun control.

A homeowner in South Fulton, Georgia, awoke to the sound of breaking glass and fatally shot an alleged intruder.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) responded to a felon’s attack on police officers Wednesday by calling for more gun control. 

An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy thwarted an alleged mass shooting Thursday by shooting the would-be gunman multiple times.

During his Thursday night “Keep America Great” rally in New Hampshire, President Donald Trump commented on violent crime, saying, “It’s not the gun that pulls the trigger.”

Montgomery County coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger indicated the Dayton, Ohio, gunman had cocaine, anti-depressants, and alcohol in his system when he carried out his August 4, 2019, attack.

On Thursday Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tweeted a video clip in which she pledged “executive action in every corner” for gun control. 

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.

While Republican leaders such as Sen. Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are giving ground on more gun laws, Republican voters support gun rights over gun control by a margin of nearly 3 to 1.