Gun Control Laws

UPDATED: Almost Twice as Many General Election Voters Prefer Arresting Repeat Violent Criminals Compared to Enforcing Current Gun Control Laws or Enacting More Gun Control Laws

UPDATED: Almost Twice as Many General Election Voters Prefer Arresting Repeat Violent Criminals Compared to Enforcing Current Gun Control Laws or Enacting More Gun Control Laws

The Crime Prevention Research Center commissioned a new McLaughlin & Associates survey of 1,000 American general election voters on July 22nd, 2026 (cross tabs available here). Despite frequent claims that the public supports gun control as a way to reduce crime,...

Virginia Bill On the Governor’s Desk Makes It a Crime to Carry a Wide Range of Firearms on “any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public”

Virginia Bill On the Governor’s Desk Makes It a Crime to Carry a Wide Range of Firearms on “any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public”

It is unlawful for any person to carry a loaded  (i) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is (a) equipped at the time of the...

Democrats Push for More Gun Control After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Without Citing Specific Laws That Could Have Prevented It. A Bolt Action Rifle Isn’t Even A Semi-Automatic Gun.

Democrats Push for More Gun Control After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Without Citing Specific Laws That Could Have Prevented It. A Bolt Action Rifle Isn’t Even A Semi-Automatic Gun.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10th, 2025, a number of high-profile Democrats quickly demanded new gun control measures. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), who chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and...

Is the National Firearms Act of 1934 a Tax?: Understanding Why the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act Measures in the Budget Reconciliation Bill Should be able to Pass the Senate’s Byrd Rule

Is the National Firearms Act of 1934 a Tax?: Understanding Why the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act Measures in the Budget Reconciliation Bill Should be able to Pass the Senate’s Byrd Rule

The so-called Byrd Bath removes anything in a budget reconciliation bill that isn't directly related to taxation or spending. In anticipation of the Senate Parliamentarian’s imminent ruling on whether the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act provisions included in...

Democrats Claim Striking $200 tax on the Manufacture of Gun Suppressors “does more to support assassins than it does American families.” Do They Know Anything About How Loud Guns Are With Suppressors?

Democrats Claim Striking $200 tax on the Manufacture of Gun Suppressors “does more to support assassins than it does American families.” Do They Know Anything About How Loud Guns Are With Suppressors?

“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.  There was some laughter in the hall.  “Yeah, well you know what? Talk to law...

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