Democrat Gun Control - Page 8

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) cited a “bomb threat” against his son’s school in the litany of instances he used to justify more gun control.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced that the shooting suspect in the Apalachee High School attack is 14 years old.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) reacted to news of the shooting at Apalachee High School by pushing for more gun laws before the details of the shooting incident are known.

President Joe Biden responded to the shooting at Apalachee High School by pushing myriad gun controls before facts on the shooting were known.

Four people were shot dead Labor Day morning around 6:00 o’clock while sleeping on a commuter train in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago

A ban on firearms which Democrats refer to as “ghost guns” went into effect in Oregon on Sunday, September 1, 2024. 

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) refused to approve a gun control ballot on Monday that the Memphis City Council put forward.

Car thievery in Tim Walz’s Minnesota has surged to the point that a stolen car drove by during a PSA on car theft aired by WCCO Minnesota.

Everytown for Gun Safety admitted being “dismayed” after a federal judge cited the Supreme Court’s Bruen (2022) ruling in dismissing machine gun charges against an individual Wednesday.

The Eighth Circuit refused to rehear the case that overturned Minnesota’s ban on issuing concealed carry permits to 18-20-year-olds.

Data from the Minnesota DPS shows murders increased during Tim Walz’s time as governor even as gun control increased at the same time. 

CLAIM: During his Monday night DNC speech, lame duck President Joe Biden claimed more children die from bullets than from accidents. 

The Democrat platform pledges implementation of universal background checks, red flag laws, and other California-style gun controls. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order Thursday reversing a stay issued against an injunction against California’s “1-in-30” ban.

During a 2018 gubernatorial campaign speech, Tim Walz pushed for numerous gun controls, including opposition to national concealed carry reciprocity.

Maine enacted gun control in response to the Lewiston shooting, but it would not have prevented the attack had it been in place at the time.

During their first joint campaign appearance in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz pushed a ban on AR-15s and other firearms that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”

VP pick Tim Walz wants the three central gun controls that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have spent years pushing in Washington, DC.

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) used the Senate hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump to criticize the “easy accessibility” of AR-15s.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) opened the hearing into the Trump assassination attempt Tuesday by targeting “easy access to AR-15 rifles.”

Police are searching for multiple people in connection with a shooting that erupted in Rochester, New York, Sunday evening.

At least 13 people were shot, two of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris mocked “extremists” who want to allow teachers to be armed for classroom defense. 

The Memphis City Council approved a referendum Tuesday to allow city residents to choose to implement and citywide “assault weapon” ban, a prohibition on constitutional carry, and a red flag law, among other gun controls. 

Presumptive Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris pushed an “assault weapons” ban and other gun controls Biden has pushed for years.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) targeted concealed carry and concealed carry permit holders following the failed AR-15-based assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

During Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the U.S. Secret Service, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) urged his congressional colleagues to “find the courage” to ban AR-15 rifles.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) told a “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” audience on Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats should ban “assault weapons” in a show of unity.

President Joe Biden is protected by many of the very guns he criticized Tuesday and claims he wants to “outlaw.”

Tennessee state Sen. London Lamar (D) reacted to the assassination attempt on former President Trump by expressing hope that it will convince Republicans to support gun control.

Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed legislation on July 12 blocking credit card companies from tracking firearm and firearm-related sales in New Hampshire.

ABC 7 noted that, as of Sunday, July 7, 2024 — the last day of the July 4, 2024, weekend — Chicago was nearly at 1,200 shootings for 2024.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) signed legislation that not only bars people under age 21 from purchasing ammo, but also prohibits their possession of it.

At least 100 people were shot, 17 of them fatally, during the July 4th weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago.

An uncertain number of suspects allegedly attempted to rob an elderly couple, ran over the 69-year-old wife, and fired shots in California.

The Supreme Court refused to get involved in a case centered on Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban as it moves through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.