Democrat Gun Control - Page 7

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed new controls into law last week, including one that allows credit cards to track ammunition purchases.

A semiautomatic firearms ban and ammunition controls secured final passage in the Colorado legislature and have been sent to Gov. Jared Polis’s desk. 

The Colorado House passed the Democrats’ semiautomatic firearm ban on Monday, just over a month after the state’s Senate passed the legislation. 

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) used an X post Saturday to make clear his conviction that a state law barring 18-20 year-olds from buying rifles “runs afoul” of the Second Amendment.

Democrat lawmakers in Oregon are pushing myriad new gun controls this legislative session, including a ban on the possession of firearms by persons under the age of 21. 

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) is introducing legislation today to protect Americans’ gun rights from being squashed by gun control in the event of a national emergency.

At least 15 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

Data from PEW Research shows that rifles of all kinds–including those Democrats label “assault weapons”–accounted for only four percent of U.S. gun murders in 2023.

New Mexico Democrats continue pushing a ban on semiautomatic firearms, couching the ban in the language of prohibiting gas-operated firearms.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is pressing Florida’s Republican supermajority to repeal various gun controls enacted following the February 14, 2018, Parkland shooting, including the state’s red flag law. 

State Rep. Braxton Mitchell (R) is pushing House Bill 809 to thwart any further attempt by localities to adopt red flag laws in the state of Montana. 

The Democrat-controlled Colorado House passed a bill mandating that ammunition in stores be kept behind the counter “like cold medicine.”

FBI director Kash Patel was welcomed by ATF Headquarters after being sworn in Monday to serve as the agency’s acting director. 

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) continues to stay on message with calls to “Abolish the ATF.”

FBI director Kash Patel “will be tapped to run the ATF,” according to FOX News, which based the report on two unnamed sources.

An unidentified New York Jets player was “targeted” and robbed at gunpoint in Morristown, New Jersey, last weekend, according to a report quoted by FOX News. 

Thirty Republican Senators have signed a letter urging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to rescind regulatory gun controls implemented during the Biden administration.

Colorado’s semiautomatic firearm ban has passed the senate and all eyes are on the house, where the bill must pass to reach the governor’s desk.

Mother Jones published an article Friday expressing concern that all of Joe Biden’s gun controls are now “at risk” under President Donald Trump.

Democrats in Virginia’s General Assembly passed numerous gun controls Wednesday that will now head to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) desk.

Democrat lawmakers in Ohio are seeking to expand the instant criminal background check for a firearm purchase to ten days, alongside pushing gun storage laws and other controls.

White County Resident Circuit Judge T. Scott Webb ruled against a requirement that Illinois residents must obtain an Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to possess a gun in the home for self-defense. 

New Mexico Democrat lawmakers are pushing a sweeping ban on commonly owned and legally purchased semiautomatic firearms.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R), heretofore known only for her stridently pro-gun stance, has caved to a gun control push that intends to ban Glock switches in Alabama, even though possession of the devices is already banned federally.

Failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz congratulated gun control activist David Hogg for securing the position of Democrat National Committee vice chair.

At least 13 people were shot, three of them fatally, during the weekend across Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

On Friday, gun control activist David Hogg was elected to the position of vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The gun control publication The Trace reports gun sales are “plummeting” then also notes “Americans’ appetite for firearms remains well above historic norms.”

Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety threw a tantum Thursday after a three-judge panel for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the handgun purchase ban for 18-20 year-olds is “unconstitutional.”

On January 30, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against a lower court decision upholding a ban on handgun purchases by 18-20 year-olds. 

At least 13 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago.

An order issued by U.S District Judge Sherilyn Garnett on Friday allows members of Gun Owners of America and the Second Amendment Foundation to apply for nonresident concealed carry licenses in California.

Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) is introducing legislation to put the ATF’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy in check, halting the agency’s seemingly unchecked FFL closures under former President Biden.

Former President Joe Biden’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention has been scrubbed from President Trump’s White House website.

At least 13 people were shot, one of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Six people were shot during an approximate six-hour time-frame Saturday night into Sunday morning in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.