“Assault Weapons”

During an October 22, 2024, appearance on The Daily Show, Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz called for red flag laws, universal background checks, and a ban on AR-15s and similar rifles. 

Kamala Harris criticized the lack of registration for handgun sales on Tuesday at the National Association of Black Journalists.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that “way too much time” is spent debating assault weapons restrictions when those aren’t really the issue when it comes to America’s gun violence issues and “The problem is

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

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.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) declined on Monday to take up a case against Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban.

A report from Colorado Newsline indicates the Democrat sponsor of Colorado’s “assault weapons” ban legislation plans to kill her own bill.

The Orange County Register’s editorial board mocked Gavin Newsom’s failed push for a gun control amendment to the Constitution. 

Background checks at states around the country are surging as the Democrats and their willing surrogates continue to push gun control at all levels of government. 

Colorado House Democrats passed “assault weapons” ban legislation Sunday to prohibit the sale of AR-15s and certain 9mm pistols.

A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates Americans own over 700 million ammunition magazines with a greater than ten-round capacity.

Colorado Democrats are pushing an 11 percent excise tax on gun and ammunition sales, as well as numerous other California-style gun controls.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed Democrat lawmakers’ “assault weapons” ban on Tuesday, along with a number of other Democrat-backed gun controls.

Seventh Circuit nominee Nancy Maldonado supported Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban but cannot define an “assault weapon.”

The “assault weapons” ban being pushed by Colorado House Democrats would prohibit the sale of 9mm pistols with threaded barrels. 

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is standing with House Democrats in her state who are pushing for a ban on “assault weapons.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) echoed President Joe Biden’s State of the Union (SOTU) gun control push by calling for national passage of the same laws that have been failing to stop high profile shootings in California for more than 30 years.

During Thursday night’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden demanded passage of gun controls that have been in place for California for over 30 years and have failed to stop some of the highest profile shootings our nation has seen.

Less than a week after Laken Riley was reportedly killed via blunt force trauma by a non-U.S. citizen, President Joe Biden spoke to reporters about his efforts to fight crime and pushed more gun control.

The “assault firearm” ban passed by Virginia House Democrats targets semiautomatic centerfire pistols — like the 9mm or 45 ACP — if said pistols take a detachable magazine and have a threaded barrel.

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

Democrats in New Mexico’s House of Representatives are weighing an “assault weapons” ban and two-week waiting period on gun purchases, along with other requirements that closely mirror controls that have been in place in California for years.

Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced an “assault weapons” ban and a waiting period for gun purchases on Monday.

Pennsylvania House Democrats advanced an “assault weapons” ban and a ban on the purchase, possession, and sale of non-serialized gun parts. 

WBEZ reported that only one percent of gun owners had complied with Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban registration requirement.

While giving a speech Monday at Mother Emanuel AME Church, President Biden referenced Thursday’s shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School then pushed gun control that would not have prevented the shooting from taking place. 

U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Karas sided with plaintiffs, allowing their lawsuit against New York’s “Assault Weapons” ban to proceed.

Leroy G. Walker Sr. (R), is a city council member in Auburn, Maine, and he wants to see limits on firearms which can “rapidly fire.”

The Supreme Court has denied a writ of injunction request which sought an injunction against enforcement of Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban.

A week after the U.S. Senate rejected an “assault weapons” ban the Biden Administration is asking state legislatures to pass it.

Mark Hamill pushed for an “assault weapons” ban Wednesday, just hours after a 67-year-old attacker killed three people at UNLV with a handgun.

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) “assault weapons” ban would prohibit Americans from buying at least 205 different firearms.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) countered Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) push for an “assault weapons” ban Wednesday.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Monday night via an X post that he will be bringing an “assault weapons” ban to the Senate floor “this week.”

The Supreme Court of the United States received and docketed an emergency application seeking an injunction against enforcement of Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban while the appeal process is ongoing.

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.”