Gun rights and gun safety advocates are both expecting significant changes in how the government will side in the country’s ongoing gun debate with a Democrat in the White House. However, experts believe that the status quo is unlikely to change as any new measure will require lawmakers to be in full agreement. During his…
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Biden Lays Bare Anti-Gun Agenda If Elected President
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has outlined his plans of changing the country’s laws to end gun violence. The lengthy plan, published on Biden’s website titled “The Biden Plan to End Our Gun Violence Epidemic,” enumerated various steps that will be taken if Biden does end up in the oval office. In Biden’s 3,430-word…
NICS Firearm Background Checks Hits 2 Million Mark For Sixth Straight Month
This year has seen a landmark number of firearm purchases across the United States, with more than 2 million transactions per month since January. In fact, 2019 is the first year in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) history where checks have surpassed the 2 million mark for every month from January through…
New Bills Introduced To Combat Home-Made ‘Ghost Guns’ Loophole
An investigation conducted by Californian authorities has shown that there is apparently a growing number of so-called “ghost guns” now being used in criminal activities around the state. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) revealed in a recent report that 30 percent of the firearms they have confiscated are unserialized. Guns without…
Ohio House Republicans Passes Bill To Allow Weapon Carry Without Background Checks
Around half of the House Republicans in Ohio have now expressed their support for a newly proposed bill, which some have now started calling the Constitutional Carry Bill, to be passed into law. The new bill would essentially allow all law-abiding citizens in the state to carry a concealed weapon without having to apply for…
Universal Background Check Returns to Congress, Now With Democratic Majority
A good number of gunmen that were involved in recent mass shootings acquired their firearms illegally. Some of them were able to buy their guns from gun shows and from sellers online. If these gunmen tried to get their firearms from a licensed dealer, they might have been blocked from getting them in the first…
Gabby Giffords and House Democrats to Reintroduce Universal Background Check Bill
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, and Rep. Mike Thompson return to the Capitol to reintroduce a new background check bill. Back in November 2017, the politicians along with 200 lawmakers introduced similar legislation. The bill will require background checks on all firearm purchases including private transactions. Fourteen Republicans supported the bill…
California Gun Control in Question after Thousand Oaks Shooting
California currently has one of the strictest gun control laws in the country. The state has a number of measures to prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands. This includes strictly imposed checks through the FBI Instant Criminal Background Check System. Other laws are also in place, most of which aren’t present in any…
Californian Democrat suggests federal buyback program for assault weapons to curb gun violence
While most gun control advocates have so far stayed away from the topic of confiscation, a Democrat in California is now suggesting that the government should compensate those that would voluntarily turn in their weapons. Eric Swalwell mentioned in an op-ed piece on USA Today that the confiscation of assault weapons should be implemented in…
New York law requires gun owners with domestic-violence misdemeanors to surrender their firearms
Federal law already prohibits those with a criminal record from obtaining firearms, but a newly passed law in New York aims to expand that to include people who had had domestic violence convictions. The new bill, which New York lawmakers have just recently approved along with the state’s new budget, will automatically disqualify those with…