New Mexico Democrats Push Sweeping Ban on Semiautomatic Firearms
New Mexico Democrat lawmakers are pushing a sweeping ban on commonly owned and legally purchased semiautomatic firearms.

New Mexico Democrat lawmakers are pushing a sweeping ban on commonly owned and legally purchased semiautomatic firearms.
A ban on numerous semiautomatic firearms–rifles and shotguns–passed the Colorado Senate Affairs Committee on Tuesday and is now headed to the Senate Floor.
SHOT Show 2025 went from January 21-24 and Breitbart News was there to see the crowds, feel the excitement, and see gun upon gun upon gun.
Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced legislation that would prevent states from banning rifles or shotguns that are legal federally.
Americans own more than 30 million modern sporting rifles, which are guns that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”
Police in New York City reported arresting a migrant who was armed with a loaded AR-15 along with a second migrant who jumped in to interfere with the arrest.
Support of an “assault weapons” ban is falling below levels seen in two previous surveys and support for a handgun ban is “statistically tied” with record low support levels, results posted by Gallup on Monday reveal.
BTE has developed a module that fits inside an AR-15 Magpul grip so the owner of the rifle knows–at all times–where his rifle is located.
The Biden-Harris administration used social media on Wednesday to renew the push to ban AR-15s and similar rifles.
Reporter Ryan Gamboa still has shrapnel in his arm over a week after being shot while covering Democrat Lucas Kunce’s AR-15 photo op.
Lucas Kunce’s gun range event is reportedly under investigation after a reporter was wounded by a bullet fragment or a part of the target.
Democrat Senate candidate Lucas Kunce described his Tuesday AR-15 outing as a “great day at the range,” even though a reporter covering the event was wounded.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s gun photo op is being mocked after a reporter was hit with shrapnel while Lucas Kunce shot at targets that were apparently too close.
Following news that a reporter was wounded while watching Missouri Democrat Senate candidate Lucas Kunce shoot an AR-15, Sen. Josh Hawley (R) tweeted, “My grandma is a better shot than Lucas Kunce.”
A television reporter was wounded by an apparent bullet fragment while Missouri Democrat Senate candidate Lucas Kunce was shooting an AR-15 at a campaign event.
Kamala Harris said she would not be taking away anyone’s guns then immediately pushed an AR-15 ban during a question-and-answer on Tuesday.
The father of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School attack suspect was arrested Thursday and charged with manslaughter and other charges.
As videos emerge of armed Venezuelan gang members allegedly roving and taking property in Aurora, Colorado, the question is no longer ‘Who needs an AR-15’ but who doesn’t?
Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris called for a ban on AR-15s and others firearms Democrats classify as “assault weapons.”
During a 2018 gubernatorial campaign speech, Tim Walz pushed for numerous gun controls, including opposition to national concealed carry reciprocity.
During a Thursday speech from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump pointed out that the July 13, 2024, did not change his conviction that the American “people need guns for protection.”
The 4th Circuit upheld Maryland’s AR-15 ban, claiming that such ARs and similar rifles are “highly unusual in society.”
During their first joint campaign appearance in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz pushed a ban on AR-15s and other firearms that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) used the Senate hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump to criticize the “easy accessibility” of AR-15s.
U.S. District Judge Peter Sheridan pronounced New Jersey’s AR-15 ban unconstitutional on Tuesday.
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) targeted concealed carry and concealed carry permit holders following the failed AR-15-based assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
During Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the U.S. Secret Service, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) urged his congressional colleagues to “find the courage” to ban AR-15 rifles.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) told a “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” audience on Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats should ban “assault weapons” in a show of unity.
President Joe Biden is protected by many of the very guns he criticized Tuesday and claims he wants to “outlaw.”
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke to the NAACP and called for Congress to “outlaw” AR-15s and similar rifles in the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Monty Python’s John Cleese reacted to the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by pointing the finger at the NRA.
Novelist, Hollywood producer, and unabashed President Joe Biden supporter Stephen King mocked the Republican Party for rejecting efforts to ban the AR-15 rifle, making his interjection in the hours after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
A report from the Tennessee Star indicates that Audrey Hale, the 28-year-old transgender woman who shot and killed six people on March 27, 2023, bought her guns with federal grant money.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden used a post to X to renew his call for an “assault weapons” ban and was mocked in response.
A lawsuit brought against Smith & Wesson by anti-gun shareholders within the company was dismissed in Nevada’s Clark County District Court.
A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates Americans own over 700 million ammunition magazines with a greater than ten-round capacity.
Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) supports legislation that, if passed into law, would prohibit Arizonans from buying AR-15 rifles.
Amid ongoing litigation brought by anti-gun Smith & Wesson shareholders over continued AR-15 production, Nevada’s Clark County District Court signals no “substantial likelihood” Smith & Wesson will be found liable, saying the activist shareholders appear not to be aligned with the company’s best interest and requiring them to post a half-million-dollar bond to continue their suit.
Forty-five Maine lawmakers are pressuring Cabela’s to stop selling AR-15s and other firearms Democrats describe as “assault rifles,” noting the October 25, 2023, Lewiston attacker bought a handgun from the retail giant.
An alleged thief in Harris County, Texas, was shot and killed Tuesday about 3 a.m. after breaking into a truck in which the owner was sleeping and had an AR-15.