Democrats are pushing legislation which bans online ammunition sales that do not include a face-to-face exchange of IDs and which requires ammunition dealers to report any purchases of more than 1,000 rounds.
California state senator Lois Wolk’s (D-Davis) push to outlaw concealed carry on college campuses received a boost when Wolk made an exemption for retired police officers, thereby gaining the support of the California Police Chiefs Association and the Peace Officers Research Association of California.
On May 14 Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt pushed a list of 13 cop killers as justification for more gun control via the expansion of background checks. What Feinblatt did not say is that one of the 13 passed a background check to get his gun and another was a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)–the very person who facilitates background checks on others.
FBI stats show that 26 police officers were shot and killed with guns in 2013. Of these, half were killed by people who were completely barred from gun possession.
During a May 14 appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former New York Gov. George Pataki (R) discussed recent attacks on police officers and said our nation does not need more gun control, but greater enforcement of laws that already exist.
When the Oregon Senate passed expanded background checks on April 14, it marked a change from 2013 and 2014–when the same type of legislation was taken up but defeated without even making it to the floor for a vote.
Just two days after Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) signed expanded background checks into law via Senate Bill 941, Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly are pressing Democrats in Oregon’s legislators to go even further–to pass more gun control while they have the chance.
Gun control proponents Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly will speak on Class Day at Harvard Law School on May 27, despite their string of epic defeats.
On April 16—the eighth anniversary of the Virginia Tech attack that left 32 dead and numerous persons wounded—Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-VA) claimed background checks need to be expanded because “40 percent” of all guns are purchased without a background check.”
On May 4, Sandy Hook Promise, the beneficiary of Tim McGraw and Chase Bryant’s upcoming gun control fundraiser, praised the passage of Senate Bill 941, which heaves new gun control requirements on the backs of law-abiding Oregonians.
On May 11, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) signed Senate Bill 941, making the background check Aurora theater gunman James Holmes passed the law of the land in Oregon.
Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety is fighting the repeal of a law that requires North Carolinians to acquire a permit to purchase a handgun before they can actually purchase one. They are doing this by equating the permit to purchase with background checks and suggesting that if the permits are repealed, background checks will be repealed as well.
On Saturday, Jesse Jackson rallied outside Chuck’s Gun Shop in Riverdale, Illinois, against AK-47s, saying, “More guns make us less secure.”
Felons, like the Curtis brothers, face 100 percent gun control and are completely barred from gun possession. But the deaths of Deen and Tate show that even this level of gun control does not curtail the actions of persons with alleged criminal intent.
On May 7, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords briefly spoke to Delaware state senators to push gun control for “mothers” and “families” via Senate Bill 83.
On May 6, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of Defense Distributed, the flagship company for 3D-printed gun designer Cody Wilson.
On May 4, the Oregon House approved universal background check bill SB 941, thereby sending the measure to Governor Kate Brown’s (D) desk for a signature.
On May 4, Everytown for Gun Safety released a study on children who find and shoot others with guns that are “unsecured” or improperly stored.
On May 5, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America drew “nearly three dozen moms” in opposition to a gun rights bill being pushed by state Representative Jacqueline Schaffer (R-Charlotte).
On Wednesday, CNN reported that the guns Garland attackers Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi used were “bought legally,” which means they were acquired through background checks.
On Monday, Gabby Giffords cheered Oregon’s house for supporting SB 941 — a bill to require background checks for all gun sales, public or private. She did not mention that her attacker, Jared Loughner, passed a background check to acquire the gun he then used to attack her in 2011.
On May 2 Demetrius Blackwell allegedly shot New York Police Department Officer Brian Moore in the head, and Moore succumbed to his injuries on May 4.
The gun used in the attack against Moore was stolen.
On May 4, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow made clear how hopeful she is that Oregon lawmakers pass Senate Bill 941 to make “almost all” Oregonians pass the same background check the Aurora theater gunman passed to get his weapon.
On April 30, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam (R) signed Senate Bill 1110—a bill which bars state cooperation with federal gun control laws.
On May 4 actress Melissa Joan Hart appeared in a new gun control PSA in which she suggests gun control should be a topic of causal conversation.
