West Virginia’s attorney general on Thursday threatened to sue the Biden administration over its gun control orders. “Defending the second amendment remains one of the most important priorities for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office,” Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. “I will not allow the far left to run roughshod over our …
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on March 30 said that more gun laws will restrict law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves while doing little to stop violence, coming after the House passed two gun control bills last month. Most Americans consider using a gun to defend themselves as their last line of defense, Perry told The Epoch Times. “But …
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has said that when he campaigned, he promised to not vote in favor of any federal gun control legislation because he believes it is the role of state legislatures, which are closer to the people. “I said, I was not going to vote for new federal gun legislation, that states are …
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President Joe Biden said Sunday that he is confident that a gun control bill can pass through the Senate, coming after two mass shootings in March. “I’m the only one who has ever got them passed, man,” Biden told reporters on Sunday, referring to the 1994 “assault weapons” ban that he helped get passed in …
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President Joe Biden will sign executive orders on gun control in the near future, confirmed White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday. When asked about the prospect of taking executive action, Psaki responded with, “Yes.” “I can’t give you an exact time frame, in part, because they have to go through a review process, …
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that the Biden administration is considering a range of potential actions on gun control, including executive actions, in the wake of a mass shooting on Monday. When asked about whether there will be new executive action on gun violence, Psaki responded, “We are certainly considering …
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday pushed back on gun control proposals by his Democratic colleagues, accusing them of taking advantage of recent tragedies to advance their goal of taking away guns from Americans. During Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, which took place hours after the deadly shooting in Boulder, Colorado, Democratic senators called for …
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) suggested Tuesday that he doesn’t believe gun control bills are the solution to gun violence, saying what needs to be done is “idiot control” instead of “gun control.” “I don’t believe we have a gun control problem in America. I believe we have an idiot control problem,” Kennedy told reporters at …
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Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to pass gun-control legislation following a shooting at a Colorado supermarket that reportedly left at least 10 people dead on Monday, and a separate shooting at an Atlanta-area spa left eight dead last week. Gun rights groups have warned that Democratic lawmakers’ bills could potentially turn millions of law-abiding …
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Democrat senators said they are prepared to move forward with the gun control reforms passed in the House. “The legislative graveyard is over,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday in a press conference, referring to the bill’s stalling in the Senate in 2019. “H.R.8 will be on the floor of the Senate, and we …
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