“Assault Weapons”

On Tuesday, Just The News published an interview with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon in which she predicted that the Supreme Court would rule AR-15s are “legal all over America.”

During a video posted to X on Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon stressed that semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15 “are protected by the Constitution.”

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed four gun control bills last week alone but released a statement today in which she said, “I support the Second Amendment.”

Rhode Island Democrats are pushing legislation to require a “Firearm Safety Training Certificate” before a gun sale occurs.

There are more than 32 million guns which Democrats label “assault weapons” in Americans’ hands, according to data released Thursday by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).

St. Paul, Minnesota, passed an “assault weapons” ban that cannot be enforced because of a state preemption law.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Minnesota State Rep. Emma Greenman (D) stated that the school shooter in Minneapolis, like many other shooters, “wanted to do this for notoriety, had lots of stuff going on in their lives.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten called for a “nationwide assault weapons ban.”

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said there needs to be a national ban on “assault weapons” when reacting to a Catholic school shooting in Minnesota.

Data from Ammoland News indicates Colorado witnessed an exponential increase in firearm homicides after embracing a state-level gun control agenda in 2013. 

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox 5 New York’s “Good Day New York,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that the shooting in New York City earlier this week wouldn’t have happened the way it did if the shooter didn’t

Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Tuesday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that a new federal assault weapons ban is needed in the wake of a mass shooting in Manhattan.

The Civil Rights Division of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief supporting an NRA lawsuit against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) responded to the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a challenge to Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban by claiming the court is more concerned with “bailing out illegal aliens” than protecting the rights of Americans.

Rhode Island Democrats are pushing an “assault weapons” ban that would ban many rifles, shotguns, and pistols in the state.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) paid homage to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and introduced the “assault weapons” ban of 2025 on Wednesday.

During an October 22, 2024, appearance on The Daily Show, Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz called for red flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on AR-15s and similar rifles. 

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.

Kamala Harris criticized the lack of registration for handgun sales on Tuesday at the National Association of Black Journalists.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that “way too much time” is spent debating assault weapons restrictions when those aren’t really the issue when it comes to America’s gun violence issues and “The problem is

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) refused to approve a gun control ballot on Monday that the Memphis City Council put forward.

There have been 22 shootings, resulting in at least six fatalities, in Chicago, Illinois, since Monday, the day on which the DNC began.

The Supreme Court refused to get involved in a case centered on Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban as it moves through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declined on Monday to take up a case against Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban.

A report from Colorado Newsline indicates the Democrat sponsor of Colorado’s “assault weapons” ban legislation plans to kill her own bill.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is taking lawsuits against the Illinois “assault weapons” ban and the ban in Maryland into conference. 

The Orange County Register’s editorial board mocked Gavin Newsom’s failed push for a gun control amendment to the Constitution. 

Background checks at states around the country are surging as the Democrats and their willing surrogates continue to push gun control at all levels of government. 

Colorado House Democrats passed “assault weapons” ban legislation Sunday to prohibit the sale of AR-15s and certain 9mm pistols.

A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates Americans own over 700 million ammunition magazines with a greater than ten-round capacity.

Colorado Democrats are pushing an 11 percent excise tax on gun and ammunition sales, as well as numerous other California-style gun controls.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed Democrat lawmakers’ “assault weapons” ban on Tuesday, along with a number of other Democrat-backed gun controls.

Seventh Circuit nominee Nancy Maldonado supported Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban but cannot define an “assault weapon.”

The “assault weapons” ban being pushed by Colorado House Democrats would prohibit the sale of 9mm pistols with threaded barrels. 

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is standing with House Democrats in her state who are pushing for a ban on “assault weapons.”