Assault Weapons

Joe Biden’s gun tax proposals could cost gun owners upwards of $34 billion for guns and magazines they already possess.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report (UCR) for 2019 shows nearly twice as many people were killed with “personal weapons” like hands and fists than were killed with rifles of any kind.

An close examination of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s ban of 1,500 “assault weapons” reveals the list of prohibited firearms includes a number of bolt action rifles.

On Sunday, March 15, 2020, Breitbart News spoke with Jerry Wayne, the auto worker Joe Biden cursed as “full of shit.” Wayne told Breitbart News that after Biden cursed at him, he knew more blunders would follow, saying “I was going to let him dig that hole.” 

Wednesday night hearings for gun control bills for the Rhode Island House Judiciary Committee were cancelled over concerns that a “large crowd” of hearing attendees could contribute to the spread of the Coronavirus. 

A study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found expanding background checks does nothing to lower the mass shooting rate.

Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke said on Labor Day that AR-15 and AK-47 owners will have to give up their firearms if he is elected president.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) put out a tweet calling for expanded gun control without knowing the details of the Midland shooting. 

Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke pointed to the May 18, 2018, Santa Fe High School shooting as justification for an “assault weapons” ban.

Democrat Iowa caucus voters list three top priorities for 2020 presidential candidate: Gun control, abortion on demand, and climate change.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg believes that an assault weapon ban should be “on the table” as part of the 2020 presidential campaign.

During his April 9, 2019, town hall, 2020 presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that he thinks licensing and insurance requirements for gun owners are worthy pursuits.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) made clear his plan to ban and buyback 15 million “assault weapons” during an April 8 appearance on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert.

Victims of last summer’s Danforth handgun attack in Ontario, Canada, are calling for an “assault weapon” ban.

Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris used her CNN town hall on Monday to contend it is a “false choice” to say the Second Amendment protects “assault weapons” that “can kill babies.”

As part of her larger “assault weapons” ban, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) seeks to criminalize private “assault weapon” sales.

A January 2019 Department of Justice (DOJ) report shows handguns as the weapon of choice for prisoners incarcerated for using a gun in the commission of a crime.

With Washington state’s semiautomatic rifle purchase ban now in place at least six states restrict the Second Amendment rights of 18-20-year-olds.

The Democrat Party is in open warfare against semiautomatic firearms even though the technology behind such weapons dates back to at least 1903.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) suggests Snope’s debunked the claim he “made [a] serious threat to nuke gun-owners.”

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) says he was being “sarcastic” when he talked of nuking gun owners who refuse to comply with his confiscatory plans banning “assault weapons.”

Police Chief Loren Culp of Republic, Washington, says the gun controls in the newly passed Initiative 1639 will not be enforced in his county.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) defended a potential “assault weapons” buyback Friday afternoon, saying that if gun owners defy a legislative ban, “the government has nukes.”

Congressional candidate Katie Porter (D) wants to turn CA-45 blue and force California gun control on the entire country. 

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) used an October 2 Washington Post opinion column to rededicate himself to gun control and list certain types of firearms and accessories that he wants to ban.

Dick’s Sporting Goods admitted their post-Parkland corporate gun control decisions hurt business during the last quarter. 

ATF data undercuts claims that criminals in gun-controlled cities are getting the majority of their guns from surrounding states.

Parkland high school gun controllers and the National Organization for Change are holding a ‘National March on the NRA’ August 4 in Fairfax, Virginia. 

California’s method of registration required for “assault weapons” means soldiers deployed during the registration process were unable to enter their firearms into system.

The California DOJ’s “assault weapons” registration page reportedly gave the personal information of some firearm owners to other individuals.