People interested in buying certain semiautomatic firearms could be priced out of the market under a new bill supported by more than two dozen Democrats. On Friday, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced legislation that would impose a 1,000 percent excise tax on purchases of “assault weapons” and “large capacity ammunition feeding devices.” The excise tax […]
A federal appeals court this week put on hold a judge’s ruling overturning California’s 32-year-old ban on assault weapons. On Monday, a three-judge panel in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay (pdf) of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s June 4 order. It followed appeals from state officials on the decision, saying […]
An “assault weapons” ban that was rejected by state lawmakers earlier this week was the result of a wide-reaching and comprehensive grassroots strategy in Virginia executed by a handful of Second Amendment advocates and organizations, according to gun rights groups. Executives at four gun rights groups told The Epoch Times that a barrage of social media […]
New Zealanders handed in more than 50,000 guns during a buyback program following a ban on assault weapons. Authorities said Saturday their country will be a safer place, but critics say the process was flawed and many owners have illegally stashed their firearms.
Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she is in favor of a mandatory federal buyback of assault weapons. Moreover, if the owners of assault weapons don’t sell their firearm back to the government, they could be criminally prosecuted. “I think we should ban assault weapons as well as large magazines, and as part of passing […]
SEATTLE—Washington on Jan. 1, joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates. The ballot initiative seeks to curb gun violence by toughening background checks for people buying assault […]
A proposed Constitutional amendment that would ban assault weapons was filed for the 2020 ballot this month. The Ban Assault Weapons Now (BAWN) group filed the proposed amendment with the Florida Division of Elections. According to the proposal, the amendment would ban possession of “any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun capable of holding more than 10 rounds […]
