Several news outlets are reporting that anti-gun New York Sen. Charles Schumer recently confided to several Democrat colleagues their party is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives, based on a report from Punchbowl News. According to Business Insider, Schumer reportedly “Democrats a 60% chance of retaining control of the Senate.” The reports […]
House Passes 2 Background Check Measures; Rights Groups React
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills to expand background checks on gun sales, and two national gun rights organizations have been quick to respond. According to CBS News, the hotly debated “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021,” (H.R. 8,) was passed on a vote of 227 to 203, with eight Republicans joining […]
The Hill: Incoming Dems to Push for ‘Universal Background Checks’
Lest there were any doubts about the intentions of House Democrats planning to take control next month toward the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, The Hill is reporting that they “plan to push a bill to require a background check for every gun sale in America.” The news agency, citing a story […]
House Prepares for Vote on CCW Reciprocity, ‘Fix NICS’
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to vote this week on a pair of issues that, perhaps unintentionally, put gun control proponents in a tight spot. For years, they’ve been demanding “compromise” on gun issues and now they’re faced with the uncomfortable “put up or shut up” scenario: legislation to tighten the […]