Private Gun Sales

Democrat presidential hopeful Kamala Harris doubled down Sunday on her plan to use executive action to stop private gun controls.

President Donald Trump stressed during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that the Democrats’ myriad gun control plans will not make all come to an end once they reach his desk.

House Democrats passed universal background checks to leftist fanfare Wednesday but one activist group worries the gun control could make life more difficult for illegals.

Eight Republican Reps. joined with Democrats on Wednesday in the vote to criminalize private gun sales.

As part of her larger “assault weapons” ban, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) seeks to criminalize private “assault weapon” sales.

Five Republican House members have joined the Democrat push to criminalize private gun sales.

House Democrats are pushing legislation that will require Americans to get government permission before buying a gun in any setting, retail or otherwise.

House Democrats plan to honor Gabby Giffords Tuesday by introducing gun controls that would not have prevented the attack she endured on January 8, 2011.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) proposed gun confiscation orders, criminalization of private gun sales, an “assault weapons” ban, and other gun controls on Friday.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) indicates the incoming Democrat majority will act “boldly” in pursuit of criminalization of private gun sales.

The incoming Democrat House majority is readying legislation to criminalize private gun sales.

House Democrats plan to introduce legislation criminalizing private gun sales once the new Congress is in session.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) has caved and signed a ban on private on gun sales after running a gubernatorial campaign in which he rejected the need for more gun control.

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows federal agents tried to show ease of illegally purchasing guns online only to fail in 72 out of 72 attempts.

Prof. John A. Tures says homicide rates are not markedly different for states with gun control for private sales vs states without.

The state of Arizona enacted a law that bars any future state or local statute requiring the sale of “smart guns” versus traditional guns.

A bill put forward by State Senator Gail Griffin (R-14) prohibits requiring Arizona residents to comply with any future federal firearms background checks on private gun sales.

On November 12, CBS NEWS reported that “White House lawyers” are examining gun laws to find an avenue where President Obama can use executive action to go around Congress and expand background checks to cover private gun sales.

On September 10, the Washington Post reported on Sen. Tim Kaine’s attempt to use the August 26 Virginia shootings as grounds for regulating private gun sales and claimed that this push is being opposed by those who want to “cash in” on tragedy.

On July 8, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5th) stood with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and families of Charleston victims and pushed for the very background checks alleged gunman Dylann Roof passed.

The Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety is actively pushing an expansion of background checks for every firearm sale in Oregon, be that sale retail or private. They present the checks as the same kind of background checks required at Oregon gun shows “since 2000,” even though they admit the background checks at gun shows didn’t really stamp out private sales.

Texas state representative Chris Paddie (R-Marshall) is proposing two new tax holidays for the Lone Star State–one to coincide with the beginning of dove season and another to coincide with the beginning of deer season.

On February 13, Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV) released a letter stating their support for the implementation of “universal background checks” for firearm sales throughout the country.

On January 21, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety announced that its three month study of online gun sales in Vermont turned up “seven … people [who] were prohibited by law from possessing firearms.”