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On Thursday’s “Pod Save America,” podcast, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) said she doesn’t want an assault weapons ban and that there is “a constitutional right” to own them, and also stated that “it is different living in places where

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten pushed a ban on an entire category of firearms, urging the U.S. to have the “courage” that Scotland and Australia showed in enacting their stringent gun controls.

President Joe Biden urged Americans to figure out which members of Congress do not support an “assault weapons” ban and pressure them to do so in another push for gun control Tuesday.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed an “assault weapons” ban in the wake of Wednesday’s handgun attack at Denver East High School. 

Naperville, Illinois, gun store owner Robert Bevis is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to issue an injunction against the implementation of the state’s “assault weapons” ban.

State Sen. Gary Winfield (D) took exception to the push of a Connecticut bill targeting repeat firearm offenders, suggesting it would unintentionally target former offenders who are carrying guns for self-defense.

President Joe Biden pledged to ban “assault weapons” Wednesday night, saying he would secure the ban “come hell or high water.”

While speaking to the National Association of Counties Tuesday, President Biden pushed for more gun control and said there is “no rationale…for magazines that hold 50, 70 bullets.”

The Biden White House tweeted Wednesday about the citizen who took away the January 21, 2023, Monterey Park attacker’s handgun and then followed that news with calls for an “assault weapons” ban.

Republican Kari Lake responded to Joe Biden’s push to ban “assault weapons” by tweeting, “I’m not handing over my AR-15. Not gonna happen.”

FACT CHECK: During the State of the Union Address President Joe Biden claimed mass shootings tripled after the “assault weapons” expired.

During Tuesday’s State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden pushed an “assault weapons” ban in response to a January 21, 2023, pistol attack. 

An ABC/Washington Post poll released Monday shows that a majority of Americans oppose the “assault weapons” ban President Biden continues to push. 

FACT CHECK: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the result of the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban was that “mass shootings went down.”

Indiana State Sen. Ron Alting (R) is pushing legislation to ban “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines, and also to raise the minimum legal age for certain long gun purchases. 

Effingham County Judge Joshua Morrison issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) Friday, stopping, for now, the implementation of the Illinois ban on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles. 

Geraldo Rivera tweeted video of a truck-mounted machine gun in Mogadishu Wednesday as part of his continuing effort to prove AR-15s are machine guns and should be banned.

President Joe Biden spoke on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day and reiterated his belief that it is time to “ban the number of bullets that go in a magazine.”

Sheriffs in 80 Illinois counties are making clear they will not enforce the “assault weapons” ban Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law on Tuesday.

Edwards County Sheriff Darby Boewe has made clear his position that Illinois’ new ban on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles violates the Constitution and he will not be enforcing it. 

Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R) responded to Gov. JB Pritzker’s signing of a ban on commonly owned semiautomatic weapons by stating, “We will not comply.”

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation Wednesday night banning commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and magazines which Democrats consider “high capacity.” 

Illinois Democrats in the state House are crying foul in response to state Senate president Don Harmon’s (D) amendment removing a requirement that owners of “assault weapons” register them.

Former President Donald Trump is continuing to outperform President Joe Biden on a number of key issues facing the country, nearly two years after leaving the White House, the November Harvard CAPS Harris poll found.

President Joe Biden (D) marked the tenth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack by pushing for a ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Illinois Democrats are set to begin committee hearings on a piece of legislation that would require all “assault weapons” to be registered with the state and mandate that owners of the guns pay a fee. 

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) is weighing a push to end or repeal a grandfathering clause in a gun control bill in order to force residents to hand over any AR-15s.

A CBC.ca report indicates an amendment has been added to Bill C-21, co-opting the handgun ban to prohibit hunting rifles as well. 

Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, and other provinces are refusing to take part in implementing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gun grab.

Democrat lawmakers in Illinois are pushing an “assault weapons” ban, a minimum age requirement of 21 years to buy a firearms, and a ban on ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds. 

On Monday White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said President Biden’s Thanksgiving Day criticism of semiautomatic firearms was actually meant to be directed toward “assault weapons.”

Gun control advocate Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday that Democrats in the Senate “probably” do not have the votes to pass a ban on “assault weapons.”

On Friday, CNN security analyst Juliette Kayyem suggested making 26 years of age the minimum age to purchase an AR-15.

President Joe Biden is protected by semiautomatic firearms yet told reporters Thanksgiving morning he cannot understand how sales of semiautomatic guns continue, as they have “no social redeeming value.”

President Joe Biden pushed an “assault weapons” ban in response to the Club Q shooting that occurred Saturday night in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

The White House pushed for an “assault weapons” ban following a handgun attack that killed three people at the University of Virginia Sunday night.