“The Democratic break from the National Rifle Association is complete: For the first time in at least 25 years, not a single Democrat running for Congress anywhere in the country received an A in the group’s candidate ratings, which were once a powerful influence in U.S. elections,” the New York Times reports.

New York Times: “So far this year, TSA officers have already discovered more than 4,600 guns at airport checkpoints, and about 87 percent of them were loaded.”

“A federal law barring people under felony indictment from purchasing guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday in an early test of a watershed decision by the Supreme Court expanding firearm access,” the Washington Post reports.

CNN: “The number of shootings involving automatic weapons in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting a troubling resurgence in the use of machine guns by criminals.”

“A federal judge in Texas threw out the state’s ban on people between 18 and 20 years old from carrying handguns on Thursday in what appears to be the first major judicial decision since a landmark ruling on weapons rights by the U.S. Supreme Court in June,” NBC News reports.

The New York Times interviewed Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY)

NEW YORK TIMES: Do you own a gun?

MALONEY: No.

NEW YORK TIMES: Have you ever fired a gun?

MALONEY: Excuse me, I do own a gun. I inherited an old 22 rifle from my dad, which sits in a closet somewhere in a house we don’t use very much.

NEW YORK TIMES: Have you ever fired it?

MALONEY: Yes, of course.

The Economist: “In 2020, even though the number of passengers flying in America fell by 60% compared with 2019, the number of guns found decreased by only 27%. This might suggest that quieter airports enabled agents to catch a higher share—so in normal times, a worrying number of guns may be making it onto planes. In 2021 the number of guns caught at airport checks hit a record just shy of 6,000, more than twice as many as in 2015.”

“House Democrats passed an assault weapons ban for the first time in roughly 30 years Friday, a legislative feat on a politically fraught issue that tested the unity of the caucus,” the Washington Post reports.

“The historic legislation passed along party lines with a razor-thin majority and with only two Republicans voting in support. The bill faces virtually no chance of passage in an evenly-split Senate.”

“The passage of an assault weapons ban is a significant feat for any chamber of Congress. Multiple attempts for the legislation to even be considered in committees were jettisoned. But the rise of mass shootings that have touched every corner of American life since the previous assault weapon ban expired in 2004 has catapulted the issue to a top priority for Democrats, who have long pushed for reforms to gun laws.”

“Major gun manufacturers have made over $1 billion in the last decade selling military-style assault weapons, according to an investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform,” CNBC reports.

“Somebody said, ‘Chris, it’s a profile in courage.’ And I said, ‘Well, it’s also a profile in unemployment.’”

— Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY), quoted by the Washington Post, after his outspoken stance on guns abruptly ended his political career.

“In a sign of growing political activism, more than 300 people have registered to vote in Uvalde since the shooting—more than double the number in the same period during the last midterm election season,” the AP reports.

“California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday signed a bill into law that allows private citizens to bring civil action against anyone who manufactures, distributes, transports or imports assault weapons or ghost guns, which are banned in the state,” CNN reports.

In the latest addition to videos of GOP lawmakers grandstanding with guns, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) dared the Biden administration to take away his two assault rifles — one of which was aimed at his own foot.

Daily Beast: “Social media users reacted to Jackson’s show of force with both dismay and amusement, with some pointing out the dangerous way he was holding his rifles, at least one of which appeared to be loaded.”

“The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school spread blame across every law enforcement agency responding to the attack, faulting local police for mistakes and more experienced agencies for failing to take charge,” the Washington Post reports.

“Nearly 400 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were at the scene that day, including 91 state troopers — none of whom took the initiative to lead the response.”

Texas Tribune: “The 77-page report provides a damning portrayal of a family unable to recognize warning signs, a school district that had strayed from strict adherence to its safety plan and a police response that disregarded its own active-shooter training.”

The Austin American Statesman has disturbing video of the police response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

“The video tells in real time the brutal story of how heavily armed officers failed to immediately launch a cohesive and aggressive response to stop the shooter and save more children if possible.”

An example: “At 12:30, an officer inside the school wearing a helmet and ballistic vest pauses to squirt hand sanitizer from a wall-mounted dispenser and rubs his hands together.”