
Martin O’Malley Pledges 7 ‘Unilateral Executive’ Gun Controls if Elected
On November 3, Democrat presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley pledged seven “unilateral executive” gun controls he will enact if elected president.

On November 3, Democrat presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley pledged seven “unilateral executive” gun controls he will enact if elected president.

An FBI report on the number of gun purchase background checks, January 1 through September 30, shows that Kentucky performed more than twice as many background checks in the first nine months of the year as California and Texas combined.

On October 30, the New York Times reported that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is joining the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence’s push to hold gun sellers liable for the misuse of guns.

On October 28, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced legislation to close a non-existent “background check loophole.”

On October 26, the International Association of Chiefs of Police met in Chicago for their annual conference where they dropped their push for longer prison sentences and refocused their attention on passing more gun control.

On October 19, Hillary Clinton campaign spokesperson Jennifer Palmieri walked back Clinton’s earlier suggestion that an Australian-style gun ban is “worth considering” for U.S. gun policy.

On October 16, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence announced they will be awarding Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with the “Mario M. Cuomo Visionary Award” for her “leadership” on gun control.

During the October 13 Democratic debate, the second question asked by moderator Anderson Cooper was about guns—he asked each presidential hopeful to explain the gun laws they believe are necessary and also how they plan to secure the passage of such laws.

Eight days after a gunman opened fire in Roseburg, Oregon, with weapons acquired through a background check, President Obama is weighing the option of using an executive order to circumvent Congress and make background checks a requirement for certain private sellers.

Democrat president hopeful Hillary Clinton has made it crystal clear that she is coming after guns if elected, and now she wants her supporters to know she will be coming after gun stores as well, if given the chance.

After MRC Culture called out Hollywood celebs like Julian Moore for making movies laden with gun violence then calling for gun control, Moore defended herself by denying she is for gun control.
Ohio Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich stated, “I don’t think more laws are going to fix this” in a discussion on gun control on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf.” After being asked if people should be allowed to

On October 5, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Americans’ safety is being sacrificed to the “radical agenda” of the National Rifle Association (NRA) by Republicans who are nothing more than “puppets” of the NRA to begin with.

During the October 4 airing of CNN’s State of the Union, gun control proponent Mark Kelly reacted to the Umpqua Community College (UCC) shooting by calling for an expansion of the same background checks that the Oregon gunman passed to get his weapons.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence joined left-of-center media outlets in their effort to attack a local sheriff from the Oregon county where the recent mass shooting occurred. As Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin is dealing with the aftermath of the violence and helping his community, the Brady Campaign demanded his immediate resignation due to his opposition to gun control laws which were passed and signed into law in Oregon earlier this year.

The Los Angeles Times reports that after searching Umpqua Community College (UCC) and Chris Harper Mercer’s residence law enforcement officials recovered a total of 13 firearms belonging to Mercer–all of which were purchased “legally.”

On September 29, Breitbart News reported on a Quinnipiac University poll showing that the majority of American voters oppose more gun control—and this opposition includes roughly 3 out of 4 Republican voters and 49 percent of Independent voters.

2013 was a banner year for gun sales, with a record 21,093,273 background checks for gun purchases completed. And with all those new guns in circulation, the FBI reports that murders and robberies have decreased.

On September 18, Donald Trump released an in-depth position paper on his gun policy, but many people never saw it because the media was too fixated on one comment about Muslims from a Thursday town hall meeting to dig into it.

Over the past weekend Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) waved the white flag on the gun control legislation he and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) pushed but failed to secure in April 2013 and tried to push again and again between then and now.

On September 14, Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley indicated that gun control is part of his plan for restoring the “American dream.”

A new CNN/ORC poll shows that registered voters continue to be in revolt against more gun control, with majorities saying “current laws are about right or even too harsh.”

On September 10, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) attended a rally with the father of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker and called for Congress to pass background check legislation now, even though background checks became the law of the land during the Bill Clinton administration and Alison’s killer—Vester Lee Flanagan—passed one for the gun he used in his attack.

On September 10, the Washington Post reported on Sen. Tim Kaine’s attempt to use the August 26 Virginia shootings as grounds for regulating private gun sales and claimed that this push is being opposed by those who want to “cash in” on tragedy.

As the widely-televised Baltimore riots gave way to a summer rife with more civil unrest, calls for widespread violence, and targeted attacks on police officers, Americans flooded into gun stores at such a high pace that they set records for the number of background checks conducted in May, June, July, and August.