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The number of prosecutors who have made clear they will not enforce Virginia’s “assault weapons” ban continues to grow, according to a report by WAVY 10. On Monday of this week, Breitbart News noted that Virginia prosecutor and U.S. Marine veteran Ryan

Governor Wes Moore (D) signed legislation Tuesday banning the sale Glocks and Glock-clones into law, making Maryland the second state to enact such a ban.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced legislation Friday to block a Trump administration rule proposal that would allow handguns to be mailed via USPS, the same way long guns can be mailed.

Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, and John Crump, filed suit May 15, 2026, seeking “temporary and then permanent injunctions” blocking the enforcement of Virginia’s “assault weapons” ban.

On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed an “assault weapons” ban legislation into law and the NRA and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) immediately filed a lawsuit.

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division amended its lawsuit against Washington, DC Thursday, broadening it so as not only to target the District’s AR-15 ban but its suppressor ban as well.

Alleged Cambridge, Massachusetts, shooter Tyler Brown was released from a psychiatric ward three days before opening fire on vehicles, according to the New York Post.

A man with a long gun allegedly shot at numerous cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, around 1:30 p.m. Monday.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) is facing social media backlash after using an X post to pledge that printers sold in her state “will be required to include software that blocks it from printing a firearm.”

On Tuesday, Just The News published an interview with Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon in which she predicted that the Supreme Court would rule AR-15s are “legal all over America.”

The DOJ filed a lawsuit against Denver’s “assault weapons” ban, with Acting AG Todd Blanche saying the ban “violates the right to bear arms.”

Minnesota Senate Democrats passed a ban on some of the most popular semiautomatic rifles and on magazines holding more than 17 rounds.

The National Association for Gun Rights is warning Minnesotans that Democrat lawmakers are trying to push a gun ban via SF 4067.

The Brady Campaign reacted to the rollback of Biden-era ATF regulations by claiming it was intended to “fulfill the gun industry’s wish list.”

Robert Cekada was confirmed as ATF Director Wednesday afternoon and began his tenure by rolling back and/or revising Biden-era gun regs.

The DOJ is holding a signing ceremony in which Acting AG Todd Blanche “will preside over the signing” of a rulemaking package from the ATF.

During Monday’s airing of ABC’s “The View,” host Ana Navarro led her co-hosts in relishing that President Donald Trump and his Cabinet “felt the fear” of death during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, and might now be more open to gun control.

Pennsylvania state Rep. and former Democratic Party Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta pushed a ban on “military-grade weapons” after the handgun/shotgun attack that occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Connecticut state Rep. Bob Godfrey (D) spoke in favor of banning firearms that are “too easily converted into semi or even fully automated weapons.”

Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) are pushing gun control legislation that includes limiting law-abiding citizens to one handgun purchase a month.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R) is leading a coalition of GOP House members urging President Donald Trump to pick an Attorney-General who will “immediately” wipe away Biden-era ATF gun controls.

President Donald Trump’s DOJ on Thursday dropped its appeal to a ruling that found the Biden-era ATF exceeded is statutory authority by issuing the “engaged in the business rule.”

During a video posted to X on Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon stressed that semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15 “are protected by the Constitution.”

During Wednesday testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Gun Owners of America’s senior vice president, Erich Pratt, warned that Congress must do away with Biden-era gun controls if they want to get the gun vote this November.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed four gun control bills last week alone but released a statement today in which she said, “I support the Second Amendment.”

The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is urging Kentucky lawmakers to override Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of a bill protecting gun makers from lawsuits centered on the criminal misuse of legally made and legally sold products.

As yesterday’s deadline for signing or vetoing the “assault weapons” ban bill closed in, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) pivoted and proposed changes to legislation.

NY is redefining BB guns as “imitation weapons,” raising the legal age for buying one and requiring such “weapons” to be painted brightly.

At least 28 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Gun stores in Virginia are seeing sales surge as residents of the state buy up firearms and ammo trying to beat the effective dates of new gun controls.

On Wednesday, Maryland’s House of Representatives followed the state Senate’s lead and passed a ban on Glocks and other handguns Democrats describe as “machine gun convertible.”

On Thursday the Virginia State Police (VSP) used an X post to try to calm fears that Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s gun control push will result in state police going door-to-door to confiscate firearms.

Rhode Island state Rep. Teresa Tanzi (D) pushed to repeal a grandfather clause and use “police power” to force AR-15 owners to dispose of their rifles.