Hollywood is full of anti-border wall celebrities. But on Tinseltown’s biggest night, ten-foot security fences have been erected around Union Station in Los Angeles, California, to keep celebrities safe and the public out during Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards.The perimeter around Union Station is cordoned off by security fences and the entrances to the building are blocked by similar structures. Signs posted to the fences bear a stark warning: “This property is closed to the public. No entry without permission.”Union Station is pictured during preparations for the 93rd Academy...…Hollywood is full of anti-border wall celebrities. But on Tinseltown’s biggest night, ten-foot security fences have been erected around Union Station in Los Angeles, California, to keep celebrities safe and the public out during Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards.The perimeter around Union Station is cordoned off by security fences and the entrances to the building are blocked by similar structures. Signs posted to the fences bear a stark warning: “This property is closed to the public. No entry without permission.”Union Station is pictured during preparations for the 93rd Academy...WW…

Clinton-Obama official Steven Simon is urging President Joe Biden to designate gun control a “national security imperative” in order to get it through Congress.Politico an op-ed written by Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, who served as the National Security Council’s “director for political-military affairs” for roughly two years during the Obama administration.The central point of the op-ed is to urge Biden to reframe gun control in a way that puts the onus on Congress.Simon and Stevenson noted:We share Biden’s view that the level of U.S. gun violence is a “national embarrassment.”...…Clinton-Obama official Steven Simon is urging President Joe Biden to designate gun control a “national security imperative” in order to get it through Congress.Politico an op-ed written by Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, who served as the National Security Council’s “director for political-military affairs” for roughly two years during the Obama administration.The central point of the op-ed is to urge Biden to reframe gun control in a way that puts the onus on Congress.Simon and Stevenson noted:We share Biden’s view that the level of U.S. gun violence is a “national embarrassment.”...WW…

At least 30 people were shot, three fatally, over another deadly weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.Yesterday, Breitbart News some 20 people were shot in Chicago from Friday into Sunday morning alone. Those shooting victims included two fatalities.On Monday morning ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times  the number of individuals shot over the entire weekend had climbed to at least 30. And there was an additional fatality, which occurred late Sunday afternoon “in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.”The fatality occurred just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, when a 32-year-old man was shot...…At least 30 people were shot, three fatally, over another deadly weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.Yesterday, Breitbart News some 20 people were shot in Chicago from Friday into Sunday morning alone. Those shooting victims included two fatalities.On Monday morning ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times  the number of individuals shot over the entire weekend had climbed to at least 30. And there was an additional fatality, which occurred late Sunday afternoon “in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.”The fatality occurred just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, when a 32-year-old man was shot...WW…

NRA memberships are surging as Americans across the country reject the Democrats’ efforts to restrict the Second Amendment via gun control.Breitbart News spoke with the NRA’s Andrew Arulanandam on Sunday and he indicated the civil rights organization has been “gaining 1,000 new members a day since January, from online signups alone.”Breitbart News asked if there was any one certain thing that was contributing to the membership surge, and he pointed to the Democrats’ incessant gun control push.Arulanandam said, “Gun owners realize the threat our Second Amendment and our self-defense laws are...…NRA memberships are surging as Americans across the country reject the Democrats’ efforts to restrict the Second Amendment via gun control.Breitbart News spoke with the NRA’s Andrew Arulanandam on Sunday and he indicated the civil rights organization has been “gaining 1,000 new members a day since January, from online signups alone.”Breitbart News asked if there was any one certain thing that was contributing to the membership surge, and he pointed to the Democrats’ incessant gun control push.Arulanandam said, “Gun owners realize the threat our Second Amendment and our self-defense laws are...WW…

During the March 23, 2021, Senate Judiciary Committee gun violence hearing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Democrats for using high profile firearm crimes as a reason to “[take] guns away from law-abiding citizens.”The Recount Cruz saying, “Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during gun violence hearing:“Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”— The Recount...…During the March 23, 2021, Senate Judiciary Committee gun violence hearing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Democrats for using high profile firearm crimes as a reason to “[take] guns away from law-abiding citizens.”The Recount Cruz saying, “Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during gun violence hearing:“Every time there’s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater … Democrats propose taking away guns from law-abiding citizens … it makes it worse.”— The Recount...WW…

Asian Americans are flocking to gun stores to arm themselves for self-defense amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.Forbes  to Jimmy Gong, owner of Jimmy’s Sport Shop in Mineola, New York, and he said, “There are more Asians being introduced to firearms. Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves.”Gong noted his during the era of coronavirus, and half of his customer base is comprised of Asian Americans.Forbes points to findings from the Center for the Study...…Asian Americans are flocking to gun stores to arm themselves for self-defense amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.Forbes  to Jimmy Gong, owner of Jimmy’s Sport Shop in Mineola, New York, and he said, “There are more Asians being introduced to firearms. Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves.”Gong noted his during the era of coronavirus, and half of his customer base is comprised of Asian Americans.Forbes points to findings from the Center for the Study...WW…

New York Magazine reacted to the Tuesday shootings in Atlanta by wondering aloud if the heinous acts would put gun control over the top.NY Mag’s column by tracing the route of gun control to this point. They noted the House passed H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 last week. H.R. 8 is universal background check legislation and NY Mag observed: “The last time legislation aimed at the gun-show loophole made it to the Senate floor — in a 2015 compromise proposal supported by [Sens.] Joe Manchin [D-WV] and Pat Toomey [R-PA] with a “family friend” exception for gun sales — it won only four Republican...…New York Magazine reacted to the Tuesday shootings in Atlanta by wondering aloud if the heinous acts would put gun control over the top.NY Mag’s column by tracing the route of gun control to this point. They noted the House passed H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 last week. H.R. 8 is universal background check legislation and NY Mag observed: “The last time legislation aimed at the gun-show loophole made it to the Senate floor — in a 2015 compromise proposal supported by [Sens.] Joe Manchin [D-WV] and Pat Toomey [R-PA] with a “family friend” exception for gun sales — it won only four Republican...WW…

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is citing “domestic terrorism” concerns in her latest push to ban AR-15s and other commonly owned semiautomatic rifles.Breitbart News  Feinstein’s new ban, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021,” was put forward Thursday with at least 34 Senate Democrat co-sponsors.The bill is designed to ban 205 different firearms, including different variants of the wildly popular AR-15 rifle.The New York Post  Feinstein is citing “domestic terrorism” as an impetus for the ban. She said, “We’re now seeing a rise in domestic terrorism, and military-style assault weapons...…Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is citing “domestic terrorism” concerns in her latest push to ban AR-15s and other commonly owned semiautomatic rifles.Breitbart News  Feinstein’s new ban, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021,” was put forward Thursday with at least 34 Senate Democrat co-sponsors.The bill is designed to ban 205 different firearms, including different variants of the wildly popular AR-15 rifle.The New York Post  Feinstein is citing “domestic terrorism” as an impetus for the ban. She said, “We’re now seeing a rise in domestic terrorism, and military-style assault weapons...WW…

A significant gun control measure mandating universal background checks passed the Democrat-controlled House Thursday with the help of eight Republicans.CNN  the eight Republicans were:Vox that Fitzpatrick (pictured), Smith, and Upton not only voted for the gun control measure but actually “co-sponsored it.”Breitbart News  the gun control measure, H.R. 8, passed the House by a vote of 227-203 Thursday morning. The bill expands point-of-sale background checks on retail firearm sales to cover private transactions as well.Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)  the universal checks will translate...…A significant gun control measure mandating universal background checks passed the Democrat-controlled House Thursday with the help of eight Republicans.CNN  the eight Republicans were:Vox that Fitzpatrick (pictured), Smith, and Upton not only voted for the gun control measure but actually “co-sponsored it.”Breitbart News  the gun control measure, H.R. 8, passed the House by a vote of 227-203 Thursday morning. The bill expands point-of-sale background checks on retail firearm sales to cover private transactions as well.Rep. Bob Good (R-VA)  the universal checks will translate...WW…

A Wood River, Illinois, father tracked down a man Tuesday suspected of beating his daughter and shot him, FOX 2 News reported. The man’s daughter came home around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, allegedly showing signs of having been beaten. The father went out searching for the culprit who beat her and found him “by Lewis and Clark Junior High School.” An eyewitness said the father shot the man who allegedly beat the girl and the man allegedly shot the father too. An eyewitness indicated “he heard a pop, he stepped outside and saw the [father] man standing over the younger one, pointing a gun at him.”...…A Wood River, Illinois, father tracked down a man Tuesday suspected of beating his daughter and shot him, FOX 2 News reported. The man’s daughter came home around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, allegedly showing signs of having been beaten. The father went out searching for the culprit who beat her and found him “by Lewis and Clark Junior High School.” An eyewitness said the father shot the man who allegedly beat the girl and the man allegedly shot the father too. An eyewitness indicated “he heard a pop, he stepped outside and saw the [father] man standing over the younger one, pointing a gun at him.”...WW…