Supporters of gun control legislation carry it out in other towns and cities across America, part of a bus tour organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns. 

John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, and author of a number of books on guns and gun control, including most recently, “Gun Control Myths.”

Cekada said that in 2024 data from the ATF’s Demand Letter 2 Program (DL2) was provided to gun control/gun safety groups and was used for a “name-and-shame” campaign.

Gun control has been a hot topic in the  news in recent years, and even more so since the Sandy Hook massacre. Should gun ownership be limited? How? Can guns be restricted without violating the constitution?  

Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday said she is “furious” over the failed gun control initiative in the U.S. Senate.

Democrats passed similar gun control packages in the past two years, but then-Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin vetoed those bills. In November 2025, Democrats took control of the General Assembly and the governor’s office.

Gun control organizations did not respond to requests for comment by publication. However, their websites list their concerns, which include the dismantling of Biden’s gun control agenda.

"The debate should not be about controlling guns but controlling people who cannot control themselves," said Grassley at the March 7 meeting.

Siegel said the project is unprecedented in the gun debate. The 23 members included lawyers, veterans of the gun control and gun rights movements, gun dealers, religious leaders, health care workers, and military veterans.

The defendant previously said he wanted to kill Kavanaugh to prevent him from voting to overturn abortion access and gun control laws, according to the FBI.

New York gun control advocates are railing against a gun control hotline that enables state residents to report illegal gun owners exchange for a reward.

Now he works as the Assistant Director of Federal Legislation for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and is a passionate advocate for better gun control legislation.

The ruling clarifies a section of the Gun Control Act that forbids a person who “is an unlawful user of, or addicted to, any controlled substance" from owning guns. “The government maintains that it may automatically strip Mr.

The NRA has filed a lawsuit against New York state alleging the way gun control measures passed in January was illegal.

It is part of a package of gun control laws proposed by President Barack Obama in the wake of the Newtown shootings.

(Michael Clements/The Epoch Times) The Epoch Times reached out to gun control organizations for comment, but they did not respond by publication time. Gun control groups have opposed altering the NFA.

PTR Industries Inc., based in Bristol, Conn., will relocate following the passage of gun-control legislation it says tramples on the rights of citizens and does not show enough consideration for the industry.

The buyback program has drawn criticism from both sides of the debate, including gun-control advocates and gun-rights supporters.

The 1968 Gun Control Act replaced an earlier law called the Federal Firearms Act.

Gun control activists did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

Gun control advocates have spoken out against the rule changes, saying the administration is bowing to Second Amendment advocates, loosening regulations and possibly putting Americans in danger.

Second Amendment activists agree with gun control proponents that Trump has been the most gun-friendly president in decades.

The man and the gun become intimate and they cannot do the act without each other. So the gun is part of the problem,” Maisch also said, according to the Huffington Post.

Among the top decisions were those rejecting Trump’s definition of birthright citizenship, upholding bans on transgender girls in girls’ sports, and striking down Hawaii’s gun control law.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition led by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said on April 9 that they will grade members of Congress on their record on gun control policies.

Rivara, a principal author of the report, denied that it is a push for gun control in an interview posted online. “That's a dirty word. We don't use the word ‘gun control,’” Rivara said.

Gun control group PolyRemembers said the rally’s “timing, its stated justifications, and the celebratory atmosphere” could be viewed as “a slap in the face” by mass shooting survivors.

The office’s critics noted that it was staffed by longtime gun control activists and headed by Vice President Kamala Harris, who supports banning certain semiautomatic rifles and other gun control measures.

He was just catering to the gun control lobby. Its total effect was symbolism over substance. Gun ownership is not a communicable disease,” Gottlieb told The Epoch Times. Giffords, the gun control organization begun by former Rep.

Meanwhile, Minnesota Democrats are calling for stricter gun control. The Trump administration approved an $825 million arms sale to Ukraine on Thursday.