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On Friday Joe Biden called again for a ban on “assault weapons” and said, “If you need 80 shots in a magazine you shouldn’t own a gun.”

Kamala Harris will lead Biden’s gun control efforts after she produced questionable results on the border and with voting rights legislation. 

When President Joe Biden announces the new executive-level Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Friday, he will name Vice President Kamala Harris as the one to oversee the office, according to Politico.

On Friday, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (D) responded to Gov. Michell Lujan Grisham’s (D) amended order — banning concealed carry in city parks and playgrounds — by explaining the city of Albuquerque banned guns in city parks three years ago. 

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) amended her order Friday so that it applies only to city parks and playgrounds. 

During a Monday press conference, Bernalillo Sheriff John Allen stressed that Gov. Grisham’s ban “only punishes law-abiding citizens.”

Armed citizens rallied in Albuquerque’s Old Town Sunday, protesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) ban on carrying handguns in the city. 

At least 27 people were shot, five of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) was defiant Sunday after another state representative, Stefani Lord (R – Sandia Park), called for impeachment over the issue of an order banning concealed carry. 

A proposed 11 percent tax on guns and ammunition passed the California Senate on Thursday and returns to the state’s assembly for one more vote before going to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) desk.

Sen. John Barrasso introduced legislation today to end President Biden’s attacks on firearm and archery safety programs in schools. 

A young couple was shot and killed on Labor Day while sitting in a car with their one-year-old baby in gun-controlled Los Angeles, California. 

The Democrat Party is pushing for federal gun controls that have failed for decades to stop mass shootings in California.

President Joe Biden reacted to Monday’s murder in a UNC-Chapel Hill gun-free zone by pledging to pursue more gun control. 

CLAIM: In an August 29, 2023, op-ed, Gabby Giffords claimed “gun laws are saving lives” in Virginia and called for voters in the state to reject Republican candidates in order to protect gun control. 

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) used a Monday post on X to call for a buyback of AR-15s and firearms that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”

At least 17 people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday into mid-afternoon Saturday in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

Seven people were injured during a shooting Saturday morning during the Boston Caribbean Carnival celebration in heavily gun controlled Massachusetts.

NRA spokesperson Billy McLaughlin told FOX NEWS Digital the Biden Administration’s “pro-criminal policies drive more people to buy guns.”

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) outlined the state’s plan to require that guns sold in the state be outfitted with micrcostamping technology to leave an “identifying marker” on spent shell casings.

Three people are dead and six people injured after a man believed to be a retired law enforcement officer allegedly opened fire in Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, California, Wednesday night shortly after 7 p.m. 

California Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D) is pushing legislation to create an 11 percent excise tax on firearm and ammunition sales in the state.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones (D) announced plans Tuesday to ban AR-15s and AK-47s inside city limits.

Republicans in the Tennessee legislature are under pressure from Gov. Bill Lee (R) and other gun control advocates as a special legislative session for gun control convenes Monday.

Nearly 40 people were shot, seven of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

Three people were killed and another six injured after shoots were fired in a Hookah Lounge in gun-controlled Seattle, Washington, Sunday around 4:30 a.m.

Multiple gunmen opened fire, killing one person and wounding eight, at a block party in Democrat-run Philadelphia around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

At least 29 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Sunday morning across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

A three-judge panel for the Third Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s gun liability law Thursday.

President Joe Biden boasted on August 17 about the number of times he has used executive action to institute gun control.

Democrat-run Washington, DC, has witnessed 166 homicides year-to-date in 2023, a 27 percent increase over the same time last year. 

Everytown for Gun Safety filed a lawsuit on behalf of 16 people who witnessed the 2022 Buffalo, New York, grocery store shooting. 

California Assembly members Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) and Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) put forward a joint resolution Monday calling for a constitutional convention to adopt Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) amendment banning “assault weapons.” 

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Friday to volunteers of the Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety and claimed that gun violence is a “disease” that requires the passage of more gun control.

On Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Joe Biden’s bid for re-election is being endorsed by all Mike Bloomberg-affiliated gun control groups and the gun control group affiliated with Gabby Giffords as well.