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In the wake of the Orlando terror attack, House Republicans on Monday introduced steps to eliminate draconian gun-control laws in the District of Columbia.

Two armed men allegedly entered a barber shop in Columbia, S.C., and they demanded cash from the people inside.

In 2008, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller declaring that Washington D.C.’s handgun ban was unconstitutional. At the time, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty predicted disastrous results. “More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence,” he warned.

Michael Bloomberg and Everytown funded a two-day “workshop” in Phoenix, Ariz., over the weekend, sponsored by Columbia University’s Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.

Donna Broome and Candace Ivy of Columbia, S.C., have founded an initiative called Guns ‘N Lipstik to teach women self-defense skills.

A federal appeals court has denied a request by the District of Columbia to rehear the case that struck down D.C.’s “one-gun-a-month” scheme.

On Saturday night, not far from the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, a man attempted an armed robbery. But the robbery victim stopped him cold by pulling his own gun and firing.