semiautomatic rifles

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.”

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.

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a drastic curtailing of gun rights following Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, arguing the Second Amendment is obsolete because it was written “centuries ago” before the invention of assault weapons.

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.

Police Chief Loren Culp of Republic, Washington, says the gun controls in the newly passed Initiative 1639 will not be enforced in his county.

Washington State ballot initiative I-1639 contains a linguistic twist equating all semiautomatic rifles with “assault rifles.”

JAMA published a new gun control study prefaced with the claim that “semiautomatic rifles” were banned 1994-2004.

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) claimed there have been “hundreds” of school shootings with “assault weapons.”

During day one of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) accused him of being beyond “pro-gun” and suggested more people will die in mass shootings if he is confirmed.

In 2011, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh used a dissenting opinion to explain that semiautomatic handguns and rifles are “commonly-owned” and therefore constitutionally protected.

The gun grabbers pushing a ballot initiative to ban commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles gave up their fight after the Oregon Supreme Court indicated the language of initiative did not pass muster.