The Latest News about Gun control

A panel of gun owners laughed in the face of MSNBC host Ali Velshi when he asked what they thought of gun buyback proposals from Democratic politicians. “Let me ask you about a proposal floated out there by a presidential candidate, or more, about gun buybacks. Who thinks that is a good idea?” Velshi asked. Several panelists immediately burst into ...

The least smart of the current Democrat candidates for president, the mal-named Beto O’Rourke, has put his foot in his mouth by publicly stating that if elected, he will confiscate the guns of all patriotic, peaceful citizens of the United States. All of the Democrat candidates are in agreement with old Beto, they are just too aware that speaking the ...

Connecticut Senate candidate JT Lewis — brother of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis — told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he disapproves of a viral video aimed at preventing school shootings Wednesday. Andrew Pollack — father of Parkland victim Meadow Pollack and pro-Second Amendment activist — told the DCNF that the video is a “scare tactic, but that’s what ...

Some Opposition Media journos are taking a novel approach to covering guns. They’re actually going hands-on. Hayley Peterson, of Business Insider, decided to buy a gun. She avoided going to a local gun store — presumably because employees are experts on the process — and decided to try Walmart, which is not known for employee expertise or visibility. “I went ...

One of the key figures in talks to push Trump into using Google to determine the next mass shooter is a longtime friend of the president who is a former NBC executive. Analysts argue that Trump’s potential use of big tech algorithms to determine who could commit a mass shooting risks hitting lots of innocent people. The White House refuses ...

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke’s promise Thursday to confiscate AR-15s from Americans who legally own them is a flip flop from his position on the issue when he was running for Senate last year in Texas. “If you purchased that AR-15, if you own it, keep it. Continue to use it responsibly,” O’Rourke said in an April 9, 2018 interview ...

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas is pushing financial institutions into refusing service to Americans who are seeking to purchase semi-automatic rifles, among other forms of artillery. O’Rourke is planning on using the Democratic debate in Houston to drum up pressure on credit card companies, ABC reporter Jeffrey Cook noted in a tweet Thursday. The Texas Democrat is struggling to ...

The majority of House Democrats oppose an assault weapons ban and they are still seven cosponsors short of passing legislation. Democrats have been critical of the president’s changing stance on stronger background-check legislation since mass shootings killed over 50 people in the month of August alone. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said House Democrats “want to take your guns,” but ...

Beto O’Rourke on Friday called for mandatory buybacks of so-called assault weapons, and a nationwide gun licensing program. The Democratic presidential candidate unveiled his five-point plan a day after he announced a reset of his campaign. O’Rourke, who is polling in the low single digits, suspended his campaign after a mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso on Aug. ...

A Democratic Party Senator lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday in hopes of backing the court away from ruling on an oppressive gun control law that New York City wished to implement. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) filed a legal brief that attempted to bully the Supreme Court to dismiss a challenge, New York City Rifle and Pistol Association ...

The fact that many students go to school worried they might become the next casualty in a schooling shooting is beyond disturbing. With school shootings only becoming more prevalent,  Americans are demanding a solution to keep children safe. While many on the right suggest arming school staff is a logical step, those on the left adamantly disagree. When you step ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is making sure NRA’s strong views on background checks are being represented in legislative discussions. Trump sent out an early tweet to say that the NRA‘s views are being considered during ongoing discussions with House and Senate leadership on gun background checks, but reiterated that guns should not be in the wrong hands. ...

Walmart employees are planning to walk out of corporate offices Wednesday, demanding the retailer stop selling firearms of all kinds. Offices in California and Oregon will be partaking in the protest, following the El Paso Walmart shooting that left 22 people dead over the weekend. The white-collar workers demand that one of America’s largest retailers cease all gun sales, even ...

Ohio Republican Rep. Mike Turner announced Tuesday that he would support legislation that bans assault weapons and restricts magazine capacity. Turner claims he’s a “strong supporter of the Second Amendment,” but the alleged “carnage” that assault weapons cause is “intolerable.” He also endorses red flag laws, and claims legislation of this nature is a “testament to American values,” a release ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday he supports a national buyback program for so-called assault weapons, while acknowledging that he is “going to come” for those types of firearms if elected president. “So to gun owners out there who say well, a Biden administration means they’re going to come for my guns,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said in an interview ...