Virginia prosecutor and U.S. Marine veteran Ryan Mehaffey is making clear he will not enforce the “assault weapons” ban Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed into law.
Minnesota Senate Democrats passed a ban on some of the most popular semiautomatic rifles and on magazines holding more than 17 rounds.
Rhode Island Democrats are pushing legislation to require a “Firearm Safety Training Certificate” before a gun sale occurs.
Virginia state Sen. Saddam Salim (D) sponsored the recently passed “assault weapons” ban and pointed to handgun attacks at Virginia Tech and Virginia Beach in an attempt to justify prohibiting AR-15s.
MN state Sen. Matt Klein (D) put forward legislation that would allow police to enter homes to check compliance with semi-auto gun storage.
Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D) defended “assault weapons” ban legislation Monday, referencing a “really big, big pistol… with a telescope on it.”
A bill banning AR-15s and other popular semiautomatic rifles, as well as magazines holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition, cleared the Virginia legislature Monday and is headed to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D) desk.
The Shield Arms SA-15 PRO Rifle is an AR-variant chambered in 5.56 with the added benefit of Shield Arms’ patented folding lower receiver.
The proposed ban on AR-15 and numerous other semiautomatic rifles and pistols failed to pass in a Minnesota House Committee Tuesday afternoon.
Gov. Tim Walz introduced a gun control package to the state legislature and made clear his desire for a tax on gun and ammunition sales.
New Mexico’s semiautomatic firearm ban, Senate Bill 17, is now “all but dead,” according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
On Monday, Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Senate Courts of Justice Committee passed legislation containing a ban targeting semiautomatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
FACT CHECK: The day after the Manhattan attack, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) claimed, “Automatic weapons are as easy to get as a cell phone.”
Failed Democrat presidential contender Andrew Yang responded to the Manhattan shooting by claiming “automatic” rifles are too easy to get in America.
The Civil Rights Division of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief supporting an NRA lawsuit against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban.
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.
Gov. Polis (D) signed the semiautomatic firearm ban and residents wanting an AR-15 will have to get an “eligibility card” from a local sheriff.
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.
Senate Bill 3, described by the Denver Post as the “most sweeping gun control law” in Colorado history, will come before a House committee this Tuesday.
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.
