semiautomatic rifles

Failed Democrat presidential contender Andrew Yang responded to the Manhattan shooting by claiming “automatic” rifles are too easy to get in America.

Rhode Island Democrats are pushing an “assault weapons” ban that would ban many rifles, shotguns, and pistols in the state.

On the same day that Sen. Adam Schiff (D) and other Democrats touted their reintroduction of an “assault weapons” ban, The Hill noted it has “virtually no chance of becoming law.”

The body of new gun controls signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis (D) means gun store customers will have to have an employee’s assistance to access ammo beginning July 1, 2026.

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. 

Legislation to lower the minimum rifle purchase age from 21 to 18 passed a Florida House committee on Wednesday. 

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.

A ban on the most popular semiautomatic rifles and numerous shotguns has passed in Colorado’s Senate.

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

A ban on numerous semiautomatic firearms–rifles and shotguns–passed the Colorado Senate Affairs Committee on Tuesday and is now headed to the Senate Floor.

VA House Dems passed an “assault firearm” ban that would ban semiautomatic centerfire rifles with a detachable magazine and a threaded barrel. 

Sen. Angus King (I-ME) joined three Senate Democrats on Thursday to introduce a ban on the most popular semiautomatic rifles in America, describing such firearms as “lethal capacity weapons.”

During Thursday’s edition of ABC’s “The View” co-host Joy Behar expressed bewilderment that Gov. Chris Sununu (R) will not ban the AR-15, which she described as “automatic rifle” used in high profile shootings.

CLAIM: During Friday’s airing of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) claimed an AR-15 rifle is an “automatic weapon.” VERDICT: False. AR-15s are semiautomatic firearms.

Texas state Rep. Justin Holland (R-Rockwall) caved to gun controllers Monday and voted in support of a bill, HB 2744, to raise the minimum purchase age for AR-15s and similar semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21.

During Wednesday’s press conference, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre would not say whether or not President Biden supports confiscating semiautomatic rifles.

New Mexico state Senator William P. Soules (D) is pushing legislation to ban handguns he describes as “assault pistols.” 

Following President Biden’s Thanksgiving Day criticism of semiautomatic firearms, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tweeted that Biden “wants to ban modern firearms.”

Roll Call reports that the House Rules Committee pulled an “assault weapons” ban from consideration Wednesday amid news that some Democrats are not going to support it.

Kim Kardashian is the latest Hollywood celebrity demanding a drastic curtailing of gun rights following Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, arguing the Second Amendment is obsolete because it was written “centuries ago” before the invention of assault weapons.

The FBI released its Uniformed Crime Report (UCR) Monday showing that more people were killed in 2020 with fists and feet than were killed with rifles of all kinds.

Federal data on causes of death in America show that, as recently as 2018, falling accounted for at least 126 times as many fatalities as rifles of any kind — an inconvenient fact for Democrat lawmakers who are currently demanding a new round of nationwide gun controls.

Democrat Senate candidate Jon Ossoff’s plan to ban semiautomatic rifles is reminiscent of Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s not-so-distant pledge to take away Americans’ AR-15s. 

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging the state’s “assault weapons” ban.

Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) released a campaign ad on Friday that reveals the Democrats’ call for “total Democratic control” through taking control of the U.S. Senate majority.

Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is campaigning on a ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles and “high capacity” magazines. 

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, Central District of California, ruled this week that the existence of the Second Amendment does not mean semiautomatic “killing machines” must be legal in California.

Gun Control NZ is pushing for registration of all firearms and a broadened ban against owning semiautomatic firearms. 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a semiautomatic firearms ban Thursday, making clear the ban was “just the beginning.”

Model and reality TV megastar Kim Kardashian reacted to the Christchurch mosque shootings by wishing U.S. lawmakers would adopt a New Zealand-like semiautomatic rifle ban.

New Zealand’s government is responding to the Christchurch attacks by pledging to ban all semiautomatic rifles.

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Tuesday it will pull guns from 125 stores around the country.

Sheriffs in rural Washington state are reportedly refusing to enforce the gun controls contained in an initiative passed by voters in November 2018.

As part of her larger “assault weapons” ban, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) seeks to criminalize private “assault weapon” sales.

Rolling Stone commented on the NRA’s relative silence regarding the ban of bump stocks by suggesting the gun rights organization surrendered on the issue in order to shield semiautomatic rifles.