Democrat Gun Control

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.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is launching a campaign designed to call attention to the fact that gun-free zones provide “shooting galleries for maniacs.” 

Democrats who lined up to push gun control after the shootings in Virginia Beach, Tree of Life Synagogue, and Parkland, remain conspicuously silent as 40-plus individuals are shot weekend after weekend in Chicago.

Every Democrat presidential hopeful supports a slew of gun controls but eight in particular actually plan to ban certain guns that law-abiding Americans currently possess.

Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is seeking a ban on suppressors, a confiscatory Red Flag Law, and other gun controls Tuesday when state lawmakers convene in special session.

Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell told CNN that background checks would make us “all safe in America.”

New gun controls taking effect July 1, 2019, will require citizens of California to pass a background check every time they buy a box of ammunition.

Montana Gov. and Democrat presidential hopeful Steve Bullock says it is time to view guns as a “public health issue.”

Socialist presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders indicated that he and his followers welcome the hatred of groups like the NRA.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) claims universal background checks are more popular than “baseball, kittens, and apple pie.”

Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D) used a Thursday morning tweet to push prosecution for those who defy his proposed AR-15 ban.

Illinois State Sen. Julie Morrison (D) taunted a concerned gun owner during a town hall by telling him she might forgo fining him and simply confiscate his firearms.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden told an audience in New York City that we have the “capacity” to build “James Bond-style” guns that do not fire without a DNA match.

Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D-CT) used a Monday speech to reveal his hopes to ban the individual ownership of more than 200 rounds of any given caliber of ammunition.

Shootings are surging in Baltimore despite the presence of bans on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines, two of the Democrats’ go-to gun controls.