He wrote the New York Times op-ed. He cosponsored a background-check bill. He asked the president for an immediate pause on AR-15 sales. Then he voted against universal background checks and the assault weapons ban — and his campaign website's gun page never mentions any of it.
He says Congress can't fix school shootings — 'if you want to legislate evil, it's just not going to happen.' Three years later he wrote a bill to keep federal agencies and federal money away from license-plate cameras, because some threats apparently can be legislated.
The fair banned guns after a 2023 shooting injured three people. Paxton sued — against the reasoning of a legal opinion he himself issued in 2016, which he then quietly withdrew weeks after filing.
H.R. 8332 would let current and former special operators carry a concealed gun in all 50 states, permanently. The law it copies makes retired police requalify every year. Harrigan's bill says they don't have to.
Seven people were killed at an Independence Day parade and the shooter was still at large. Bailey went live to 111,000 Facebook followers and told Illinois to move on. When the state banned assault weapons, he went to court to strike the ban down.
Alabama has the fifth-highest rate of gun violence in America. Its Republican Senate nominee spent his time in Congress trying to make the rifle used at Uvalde a national symbol — and got George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene to sign on.
Rep. Andrew Clyde owns two gun stores. This week he led nearly 30 Republicans in demanding the ATF destroy firearm transaction records — the same records the ATF uses to trace guns found at crime scenes.
Little's safety claim rests on a police crime report that doesn't count most of the ways Idahoans die from guns. Idaho's gun death rate is 24% above the national average — and Little signed a law blocking federal gun safety rules days after a school shooting.
Texas Republicans literally ran away from reporters rather than answer for the Trump-endorsed candidate's remarks about mothers who advocate against gun violence.