The Senate unveiled Tuesday the language of the bipartisan gun control deal Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) struck with Democrats at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) behest.
The language of the Senate gun control deal was revealed on Tuesday and it expands background checks for persons 18-20 years of age by changing the review period for their background check from a set period of three business days to a possible ten business days.
The Senate gun control agreement that emerged Sunday adds an “investigative period” to certain firearm background checks.
The desperate desire to “do something” blinds gun-control advocates to the fact that their so-called solutions won’t do anything to prevent the next mass shooting. And, unfortunately, too many Republicans accept the flawed premises of the gun-control movement.
The Chicago Sun-Times columnist who is comparing guns to child porn and pushing for more gun laws was previously denied a weapons purchase because of a domestic charge.
The gun prohibition lobby and their friends on Capitol Hill have resorted to the same rhetoric and brought out the same agenda they’ve been promoting for a long time.
CLAIM: During his Thursday night primetime speech President Biden claimed that we “should expand background checks” and talked of how such checks would keep guns out of the wrong hands.
Tulsa police chief Wendell Franklin indicated the suspect who opened fire on the St. Francis Hospital campus Wednesday used guns which he had purchased legally.
The Uvalde shooter passed a background check to acquire his guns, so why does the left think more background checks would make a difference?
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said it’s possible to persuade some people by rephrasing gun control as “gun regulation. Like, we have driving regulation, we have cars, and we regulate the cars.” And stated that
Jimmy Kimmel claimed “background checks” are part of the fix for mass shootings, but most perpetrators pass background checks.
March for Our Lives formed in the wake of the February 14, 2018, Parkland High School shooting and they are now pushing gun control that would not have prevented that shooting from taking place.
During Tuesday’s State of the Union Address (SOTU), President Joe Biden called for a ban on “assault weapons” with “high-capacity magazines that hold up to 100 rounds.”
Thousands of Britons face the prospect of having coronavirus lockdown violations remaining on criminal background checks for the next decade.
The White House announced Thursday that President Joe Biden is launching new gun controls, which include a National Ghost Gun Enforcement Initiative.
The FBI conducted over 38.8 million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks during 2021.
New York is on pace to record its second-highest level of annual gun sales ever as 2021 draws to a close.
The FBI conducted 187,585 National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) checks on gun sales and transfers on Black Friday 2021 alone.
September 2021 witnessed the second-most background checks of any September since the inception of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for retail firearm sales.
August 2021 saw the second-most number of National Instant Background Check System (NICS) checks of any August in history.
July 2021 proved to have the second most National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks of any July in history.
President Joe Biden suggested the Second Amendment has had limits from day one, during his Wednesday speech on crime and gun violence.
May 2021 proved to be the 17th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for firearm sales and transfers.
CNN is reporting “multiple fatalities” in a Wednesday morning shooting that occurred in San Jose, California.
April 2021 proved to be the 16th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for firearm sales and transfers.
USA Today reports that alleged Fed-Ex attacker Brandon Scott Hole used two rifles to carry out his heinous act and both guns were purchased “legally.”
Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) are pushing federal gun control proposals that mirror restrictions adopted in the state of Virginia in 2020.
PolitiFact weighed the background check gun control claims President Joe Biden made Thursday and labeled them “mostly false.”
During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he supports President Joe Biden’s executive orders on guns, but cannot support the House’s background check bill as it currently stands. Manchin said, “I support what the
March 2021 set a single month record for the number of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks performed.
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that there was “common ground” between Democrats and Republicans on moving forward on legislation requiring background checks in the commercial sale of guns.
Alleged Boulder gunman Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa passed a background check for his AR-15 variant firearm and purchased it at retail.
President Joe Biden’s administration is weighing the idea of declaring gun violence as a public health emergency, in order to take dramatic executive action to tackle gun rights.
Senator Tim Kaine (D -VA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that Democrats will unify on gun safety by putting a background check bill on the Senate floor for a vote to “test the Republicans.”
A report from NBC News notes that the gunman who killed eight people in Atlanta Tuesday used a 9mm handgun that was “purchased legally.”
The NRA is warning that “Senate Insiders” believe the Democrat gun control that passed the House March 12, 2021, “will likely get” a hearing in the Senate next week.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s (D-SC) gun control legislation reportedly directs the Attorney General to work with a national resource center that is a Gabby Giffords’ organization partner.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on two Democrat-sponsored gun control bills on Wednesday.
House Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) introduced gun control legislation this week and made clear that the current push is just the “first step.”
February 2021 saw more NICS checks than any February in history, and that comes on the heels of 13 months in which a record for NICS checks was set for each month.
