Democrat Gun Control

Virginia State Sen. Richard Saslaw (D-Fairfax) is promoting a ban on the manufacture, purchase, and possession of AR-15 rifles in his state.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is demanding that Columbia Mayor Stephen Benjamin (D) repeal city-level gun controls instituted despite the state’s firearm preemption law.

Nearly two dozen counties in Virginia have declared Second Amendment Sanctuary status ahead of Democrats taking control of the state legislature in 2020.

More Virginia counties declared “Second Amendment Sanctuary” status this past week in an effortsto get ahead of the gun control promises from Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and newly-elected Democrats.

The Santa Clarita shooter’s gun was allegedly a homemade gun that had no serial number, despite California requirements that serial number be affixed to homemade firearms.

While Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is preparing a war on guns when the Democrat majority takes it seat in the legislature, Appomattox County is making clear it does not intend to play along.

Four people were killed when a suspect opened fire at a football watch party in Fresno, California, Sunday night.

While Democrat presidential candidate after Democrat presidential candidate has been pushing gun control Americans have been filing into retailers to purchase firearms.

Democrat presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren used the Thursday’s California school shooting as an opportunity to push for more gun control laws.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) responded to the February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting by pushing gun control that would not have have hindered, much less prevented, the attack in the first place.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) wants more control on gun shows in the the form of expanded background checks.

Joe Biden’s overarching gun control plan is to pay AR-15 owners to surrender their rifles or allow them to keep the guns, as long as they register them with the government.

During an October 24, 2019, town hall in New Hampshire, Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren suggested it is time to “take weapons of war off our street.”

An unnamed Senate staffer told the Washington Beacon’s Stephen Gutowski that gun control legislation is dead for now, as “the impeachment inquiry” is looming.

During his September 16, 2019, rally in New Mexico, President Donald Trump called out “radical” Democrats for trying to take Americans’ guns.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is urging Democrat presidential hopefuls to champion the ban and subsequent forced buyback of certain firearms.

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) is baffled that cities can ban plastic straws, but Congress cannot unite to ban “assault weapons.”

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) responded to a felon’s attack on police officers Wednesday by calling for more gun control. 

Reps. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Jason Crow (D-CO) are pushing their House colleagues to pass a ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is pledging to both license gun owners and mandate waiting periods for gun purchases.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden used a New York Times op-ed to inaccurately claim the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban was successful.

Barack Obama used a tweet Monday to call for more gun control following the heinous attacks in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spoke about the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting Monday and claimed that the Second Amendment does not protect “weapons of God–mned mass destruction.”

Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris tweeted about needing to fight a “gun violence epidemic” before the details of the Gilroy shooting — including the number of wounded — were even known.

A Washington Post analysis shows that 75 percent of firearm murders since 1991 were committed with a handgun.

A Democrat who was running for Florida’s House District 58 admits that she made up claims of removing “77 bullets” from Orlando Pulse survivors.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejects claims gun control has failed her city and instead blames states without as many gun laws.

A woman with a rifle shot an armed intrusion suspect in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood early Thursday morning.

Democrat presidential hopeful Cory Booker says lives can be saved via the implementation of gun licensing requirements. 

The San Diego City Council voted six to two Monday for an ordinance saying gun owners must lock up their firearms or disable them in the home.