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Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), who is among a small number of House Democrats to oppose several gun safety measures advanced by his party, has had a change of heart. On Thursday, he announced his support for an assault weapons ban following a shooting in his hometown of Lewiston that resulted in at least 18 deaths and 13 injuries. Previously, Golden had been against outlawing lethal war weapons, but he has now acknowledged his mistake and urged Congress to ban assault rifles. Golden is a former Marine who was elected in 2018 under ranked-choice voting, defeating the Republican incumbent in the l...
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On September 8, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) issued a 30-day ban on the open and concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque and its surrounding counties. With a recent uptick in homicides and gun violence across the state, Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a public health emergency. On Friday, an 11-year-old boy was killed in a road rage incident in Albuquerque. The governor said that the police would enforce the ban and offenders would be fined up to $5,000. Since 2019, Lujan Grisham has made a series of legislative changes restricting gun access. 2020’s “red flag” law gave po...
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On Tuesday, President Joe Biden called for further gun restrictions following shootings that occurred throughout the nation over Independence Day weekend. Shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Texas, and Baltimore have left at least nine people dead and dozens severely injured. As of a study conducted in mid-June, the U.S. has seen the most mass killings and deaths up to that point in just a year. Last Fourth of July, a gunman in Highland Park, Illinois, used an assault rifle to kill seven people during a parade. Following the tragedy, state lawmakers have been working to prevent further mass...
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Three states have taken measurable steps this week to regulate the firearm industry in their states—an effort to curb gun violence in the United States. The three states—Washington, Colorado and soon Maryland—all have governments controlled by Democrats and consequently have more flexibility to shape firearm policies in their states. In Washington, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and the legislature have completed a three-part package of gun reforms. Perhaps most consequentially, the package bans 61 different rifles and pistols that are classified as “assault weapons,” including the AR-15. Washington is t...
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The new GOP-controlled House Rules Committee, brought about by the 2022 midterm elections in which Republicans retook the House of Representatives, removed a provision from the previously Democrat-controlled House which banned firearms in hearing rooms and committees. The House Natural Resources Committee, which held its first meeting last Wednesday, quickly became hostile as its Republican members defeated an amendment by its Democratic members to ban firearms from the committee’s hearing room. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California) proposed the measure, arguing that it’s a “major issue of safety ...
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In a House floor speech on Wednesday condemning new firearm regulations imposed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Rep Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) condemned the federal agency and urged Americans to buy more guns. Although Americans only make up roughly 4.25 percent of the world population, Boebert complained that Americans own “only” 46 percent of the world’s firearms. In her speech, she urged listeners to get the “numbers up.” Other highlights of her speech included her claim that gun-free zones were the “most dangerous” places in America, and her relentless ba...
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Vice President Kamala Harris attended a memorial service in honor of the victims of the January 21 mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. Eleven people were killed and nine remain injured. The massacre took place at Monterey Park’s Star Ballroom Dance Studio and was allegedly perpetrated by gunman Huu Can Tran, a seventy-two year old man who had given free dance lessons to visitors in the past. While Harris, a former California senator, mentioned her state’s leadership on the issue of gun safety, she stressed that gun violence is a nationwide epidemic and that Congress “must act” to add...
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) has claimed that the recent assault weapon ban passed by the House would result in Americans “eating dogs.” “Here in America, we have gourmet treats for puppies; we have amazing groomers for dogs, but in Venezuela, they eat the dogs,” the congresswoman told Newsmax, a far right-wing outlet. “It’s because they don’t have firearms; they do not have a way to protect themselves against a tyrannical government.” Before making the connection between gun regulation and animal cruelty, the congresswoman went on a tirade against the assault weapon ban, stating that if t...
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After the Senate confirmed him last week, President Joe Biden’s pick for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Steven Dettelbach, assumed his office this week. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said that the conformation of Dettelbach was paramount to the future of gun safety in America. “Another important step in protecting Americans from violent gun crimes,” Brown said. “Steven M. Dettelbach understands that politics must play no role in running the ATF. His experience and record bear that out.” Dettelbach was the attorney general of Ohio for six years during President Barack Ob...
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Vice President Kamala Harris (D-California) went to the National Education Association’s annual meeting in Chicago to discuss the tragic shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, which left seven people dead. “We need to end this horror. We need to stop this violence. And we must protect our communities from the terror of gun violence,” Harris said. “Teachers should not have to practice barricading a classroom. Teachers should not have to know how to treat a gunshot wound. And teachers should not be told that lives would have been saved if only you had a gun.” Harris went on to criticize the inacti...
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