Democrat Gun Control - Page 16

CLAIM: Rep. Colin Allred’s (D-TX) campaign manager, Paige Hutchinson, says a recording in which Allred suggests things would be better in the United States if the Second Amendment had not been written is “highly edited.”

Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R) challenger, Colin Allred (D), cosponsored universal background legislation in the U.S. House on March 1, 2021.

A coalition of gun rights groups filed a lawsuit against California’s 10-day waiting period for gun purchases Tuesday, claiming that the state-imposed delay “isn’t analogous to any constitutionally relevant history” and therefore cannot survive the Bruen (2022) test.

A National Shooting Sports Foundation report on April background checks shows gun sales surged in states where “radical measures” against Second Amendment rights have been adopted or are about to take effect.

Pennsylvania House Democrats passed a package of four gun controls out of committee Wednesday, making it possible that the gun controls could go before the whole House sometime next week.

A poll released Thursday by FOX News showed a majority of voters support an “assault weapons” ban, but it revealed the driving force behind the ban is over 80 percent of Democrat voters.

“Shazam” Adam Brody, “Yellowstone’s” Piper Perabo, numerous other celebrities, as well directors and producers, took part in a White House Roundtable Wednesday and demanded less gun violence in Hollywood productions. 

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) bump stock ban is “ambiguous” and reversed a lower court’s ruling that upheld the ban.

Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a Washington state “assault weapons” ban into law Tuesday, and the Second Amendment Foundation immediately filed a lawsuit against the ban.

Walmart’s website opens with photos of mothers and children shopping, weekly specials on daily necessities, and–for those who click on the “Our Company” link and dig a little deeper–an unabashed admission that Walmart has been videoing gun sales in its stores. 

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke with Breitbart News about Republicans’ continued efforts to stop the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) pistol brace rule, saying, “We’re going to defund it.”

Gov. Bill Lee (R) called the Tennessee legislature into special session Friday night hoping to secure the red flag gun control he began pushing on April 11, 2023.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof used an April 22 op-ed to suggest his readers consider using bear spray against home intruders instead of firearms. 

Former first lady Michelle Obama criticized “unfettered access to firearms” in America, saying during a Thursday interview with CBS’s Gayle King it is “not a good thing.”

On Monday, President Joe Biden reiterated his false claim that guns are the “leading killer of children.”

President Joe Biden pushed for an “assault weapons” ban, a gun storage law, universal background checks, and the ability the to sue gun manufacturers before details about Saturday’s Alabama birthday party shooting were known.

President Joe Biden issued a statement Sunday commending Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on his push for gun control in the wake of shooting that killed six at a Nashville Christian school.

While speaking to the NRA’s Leadership Forum on Friday, former president — and current presidential candidate — Donald Trump warned that “Biden’s gun control agenda” will result in a government that is weaponized against law-abiding people.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two new gun control measures in response to the February 13, 2023, Michigan State University shooting, neither of which would have prevented that shooting from taking place.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) pivoted from his strong Second Amendment stance just over two weeks after the Nashville Christian school shooting and called for state legislatures to pass a red flag law.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg (D) used a Tuesday press conference to make support for gun control a litmus test for supporting police. 

The portfolio banker who and shot and killed five people at Old National Bank Monday bought his rifle “legally” at a gun store in Louisville, Kentucky. 

CLAIM: During Monday’s White House presser Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the 1994 “assault weapons” ban brought crime down in America.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referenced Monday’s attack on a Louisville, Kentucky, bank and pushed for gun storage laws, an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and the ability to file suits against gun manufacturers.

Singer and actress Bette Midler twisted the Easter message in a Sunday morning tweet which ended with calls for more gun control and a shout-out to Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Moms Demand Action.

An Economist/YouGov poll shows Democrats’ support for gun control surged after the 28-year-old transgender shooter killed six people on March 27, 2023, at a Nashville Christian school.

The Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democrat members Thursday, days after those members allegedly broke House rules via their participation in gun control protests.

The Tennessee House voted Thursday to expel state Rep. Justin Jones (D), one of three Democrats alleged to have joined in with protesters who stormed the legislative chambers in a gun control protest last week.

On Monday, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for signing legislation to make Florida a constitutional carry state.

Three Tennessee State Reps. were stripped of committee assignments — and may be expelled from the legislative body — after joining the gun control protests which targeted the Tennessee Capitol after a 28-year-old transgender shot and killed six people at a Nashville Christian school.

An “assault weapons” ban lacks the votes to pass in the Senate, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) admitted during an appearance Sunday on CBS News’ Face the Nation.

The 28-year-old transgender’s attack on the Nashville Christian school highlights the false hope of the red flag laws so often pushed by President Biden and his fellow Democrats.

Judge Dana M. Sabraw issued a preliminary injunction against the chamber loaded indicator (CLI), magazine disconnect mechanism (MDM), and microstamping requirements for California’s Unsafe Handgun Act (UHA), the act under which the state’s handgun roster is overseen.

The scene of gun controllers at the Tennessee state capitol chanting “Gun control now” gave way to scenes of gun controllers storming legislative chambers, screaming other mantras, including, “No justice, no peace.”

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten pushed a ban on an entire category of firearms, urging the U.S. to have the “courage” that Scotland and Australia showed in enacting their stringent gun controls.

President Joe Biden urged Americans to figure out which members of Congress do not support an “assault weapons” ban and pressure them to do so in another push for gun control Tuesday.