A pair of gun safety bills intended to keep firearms out of the hands of children passed a state House panel on Tuesday over the objections of Republicans, who argued they would only punish law-abiding gun owners.

Extreme risk protection laws, which allow judges to confiscate weapons when they think owners could pose a danger to themselves or others, can be effective at preventing gun deaths.

Rep. Tim Burchett said Congress will only ‘mess things up’ if it gets involved, but research shows that gun safety laws reduce gun violence.

The party has refused to remove a meme they posted falsely claiming Nazis enacted gun control laws in Germany before massacring over 6 million people. In fact, party chair Kristina Karamo defended it.

After winning back control of the Legislature for the first time in 40 years, the Democratic majority is passing a host of progressive bills.

An August press release from Paxton’s office said he is protecting the Second Amendment from President Biden, but Biden didn’t create the ban.

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said he doesn’t want to ban military-grade assault weapons because his constituents use them to shoot prairie dogs.

‘They don’t really believe these things will solve the problem, the point is to distract us,’ said Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA).

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said, ‘I can tell you that before I am done as governor, we will have a signature on that bill.’

The North Carolina Republican was caught with a gun at the airport for the second time in as many years.

‘We should make it easier to take those guns out of the hands of people who are about to use them to murder large numbers of people,’ the Ohio Republican said at the time.

Police found a 3D-printed gun at the scene of a recent school shooting in Rockville, Maryland.

White House officials say the president is frustrated that Congress is acting too slowly to implement new gun legislation

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said he’d reach out to the Rittenhouse to see if ‘he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.’

The policy would prevent gun violence committed by military service members, gun safety advocates say.

Winsome Sears’ website quietly removed mentions of her opposition to abortion rights, gun safety, and voting rights in recent weeks.

The gun lobby spent millions to oppose David Chipman’s confirmation.

Republican Glenn Youngkin’s latest gubernatorial campaign ad skips the details of a voting rights effort.

Eleven Republican senators are promoting a disinformation campaign against David Chipman in order to hurt his prospects.

Republicans continue to block efforts in Congress to pass gun control legislation.

FBI data shows background checks blocked nearly twice as many gun sales in 2020 as in the year before.

A new attack ad accuses the congresswoman, who has been an outspoken proponent for gun control since her son was gunned down at the age of 17, of being a ‘single-issue partisan hack.’

A new poll found that two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun control legislation.

President Joe Biden has faced increasing pressure to act after a recent series of mass shootings.

‘The real goal in all of this is to show people there is something you can do. You’re not entirely powerless,’ community activist Caden McGhie said.

In the wake of two mass shootings, the vice president is calling on Congress to act on gun control.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that the filibuster has a ‘death grip on American democracy.’

House Democrats are proposing basic background checks for gun purchases — which even most Republican voters support.

‘What is likely to happen if gun laws are not followed is people get killed as a result,’ said a senior counsel with the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.