More than 140 House Democrats are demanding that the ability to bar veterans from gun purchases/ownership under certain circumstances be added back to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Democrats are proposing to offer drivers cash and rebate schemes to counter President Biden’s record-high gas prices.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed universal background check gun control Thursday, criminalizing private gun sales conducted apart from an FBI background check.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) claimed on Wednesday that 90 percent of Americans support the universal background check gun control he introduced last week.
The House of Representatives is set to vote on two Democrat-sponsored gun control bills on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing executive action on firearm storage requirements and expanded background checks to cover “ghost guns.”
House Democrats are introducing a bill to increase the minimum purchase age for commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles Wednesday.
A January 2019 Department of Justice report on the criminal use of guns shows fewer than three percent of prisoners who used guns in crime acquired those guns at retail or a gun show.
The gun control currently being pushed by House Democrats is unenforceable without a national firearm registry.
House Democrats are pushing legislation that will require Americans to get government permission before buying a gun in any setting, retail or otherwise.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced legislation to criminalize private gun sales on Tuesday.
Democrat House members are using Gabby Giffords in hopes of silencing opposition to gun control opposition.
House Democrats plan to honor Gabby Giffords Tuesday by introducing gun controls that would not have prevented the attack she endured on January 8, 2011.
Bloomberg.com is warning that a Democrat-led gun control push in the coming Congress could strengthen the NRA.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicates the incoming Democrat majority will act “boldly” in pursuit of criminalization of private gun sales.
The incoming Democrat House majority is readying legislation to criminalize private gun sales.
House Democrats plan to introduce legislation criminalizing private gun sales once the new Congress is in session.
Incoming House Democrats are promising to push the same gun control that failed to stop the Thousand Oaks, California, massacre.
The tax reform bill, which passed on Tuesday and Wednesday, has a number of unheralded benefits — including tax credits for large wineries, brewers, and distillers in California.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) argued that a bill as monumental as the GOP tax bill “cannot and should not be jammed through Congress by one party alone.” Transcript as Follows: “I’m Congressman Mike Thompson. I represent
Alabama Senator Luther Strange’s campaign finance chair, Thompson Tractor CEO Mike Thompson, is listed on federal tax documents as an officer of the nonprofit Alliance for Jobs, which federal prosecutors say was used to bribe former Alabama state Representative Oliver Robinson, who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges this month, AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire and John Archibald report.
But Politico reports that Paul Ryan is standing his ground, for now. And that he met with Representatives John Lewis (D-GA-5) and John Larson (D-CT-1)–two leaders behind last month’s gun control sit-in–in hopes of talking them into forgoing more disruptions of House business.
Gun grabbers are ubiquitous in the current 21st century Democratic Party and, with effort, one or two gun grabbers can be found in the Republican Party as well.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) is renewing his efforts for federal passage of the same universal background checks that failed to stop determined attackers in California, Colorado, Washington, and Paris.
Organizers of Crossroads of the West gun show in Del Mar, CA, expected a weekend crowd large enough to exceed twice the normal show attendance.
On December 10, the House GOP shut down Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA-12) efforts to force a vote to add the no-fly list to background checks.
On April 18, 2014, the New York Times published a scathing editorial on the no-fly list, describing it as “a violation of basic rights” and a list unsuitable for a “democratic society premised on due process.”
With the House GOP opposed to adding the imprecise no-fly list to background checks, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12th) says it is “unconscionable” to oppose gun control that would not have stopped the San Bernardino attack.
On August 20, the Essex News Daily ran a story in which Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords claimed they “actually do not support ‘gun control’ in the traditional sense of the phrase,” but “gun responsibility.”
On July 22, the LA Times suggested the heinous attacks in Charleston and Chattanooga prove the need for more gun control on law-abiding citizens and indicated they will “continue to push the boulder up the hill and urge Congress” to act.
LOS ANGELES – On Thursday, the House passed Republican-backed legislation that would ensure California farmers adequate water supply to combat the state’s record four-year drought, despite a veto threat from the White House.
On July 8, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th) stood with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and families of Charleston victims and pushed for the very background checks alleged gunman Dylann Roof passed.
On June 2 HBO, MTV, and a host of celebrities will be joining Michael Bloomberg and other pro-gun control groups to watch participating mayors proclaim “Gun Violence Awareness Day” in their cities.
On May 23, gun control proponents Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly will be giving the convocation address at Cornell University as part of the school’s 147th graduation.
Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th Dist) won “Top Gun” at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation annual shooting competition this past week then commented on his hopes for the passage of more gun control.
Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th) believes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should investigate the NRA over their ongoing “political efforts” against gun control.
A March 12, a Funny or Die public service announcement for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence features an actor and actress trying to act gangsta with bb guns, waving them around and discussing states in which criminals who “wear leather jackets and scream at women” can most easily carry guns.
One day after the AR-15 ammo ban was delayed, White House spokesman Josh Earnest made clear that President Obama is still committed to gun control and is still pursing avenues for more gun control laws.
As Democrats continue to circle the wagons to preserve gun-free zones, Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th Dist.) is suggesting gun owners support protecting children with background checks, which did not stop Adam Lanza from committing his heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
On March 6, just days after Democrat lawmakers relaunched a push to expand background checks to gun shows, President Obama did his part by saying, “There are neighborhoods where it is easier for you to buy a handgun… than it is for you to buy a fresh vegetable.”
