{"id":117465,"date":"2026-06-23T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117465"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:50:11","slug":"117465","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117465","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingnewsweekly.com\/gun-nation\/ap-poll-shows-dems-not-too-worried-about-threat-to-gun-rights-they-dont-value\/\">AP Poll Shows Dems Not As Worried About Threat to Gun Rights They Don\u2019t Value.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39859\" src=\"https:\/\/files.shootingnewsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22071408\/ap-norc-768x1024.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.shootingnewsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22071408\/ap-norc-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/files.shootingnewsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22071408\/ap-norc-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/files.shootingnewsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22071408\/ap-norc.png 945w\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"668\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our friends at the Associated Press have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/projects\/ap-norc-america-250-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polled about 2500 Americans<\/a>\u00a0in an effort to take their collective temperature on the level of security they feel in some of their most fundamental civil rights, They include freedom of speech, religion, voting rights and \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 the right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The non-news here is that the Democrats who were polled are largely dismissive of any perceived threats to their gun rights in the current climate while Republicans surveyed in the AP-NORC America 250 poll were less sanguine. Of course, you\u2019d expect those who find less value in the right to keep and bear arms to be less worried about efforts to limit that right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And for those of you who haven\u2019t been paying attention, those efforts are alive and well and progressing in almost all of the usual suspect states. According the Grok\u2019s AI gnome miners, here\u2019s a selection of anti-gun measures enacted in the last year or so<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">California<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Banned the sale of GLOCK pistols<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Required sale\/transfer records to include purchaser acknowledgment of confirming possession of all owned firearms in the last 30 days<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Expanded definition of \u201cfirearm\u201d for lost or stolen reporting to include frames, receivers, and parts<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Required annual training (with exam) for licensed gun dealers and employees handling firearms<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Required dealers to provide a state-designed pamphlet on the risks of gun ownership<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Colorado<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">\u201cAssault weapons\u201d ban<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Illinois<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Safe gun storage mandate and<\/li>\n<li>Penalties for failing to report lost or stolen guns within 48 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Rhode Island<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Signed an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban into law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">New York<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Mandated \u201ccensorware\u201d for 3D printers to prevent printing guns<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"omit-from-copy\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-xoduu5 r-u8s1d r-ocobd0 r-1sc8clx\" data-testid=\"grok_citation_web_result\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-xoduu5\" data-testid=\"placementTracking\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-xoduu5 r-109y4c4 r-11j9u27 r-92ng3h\">Criminalized possession of 3D-printed gun files<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Washington<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Mandated new permit to purchase a firearm requirement with mandated safety training and fingerprinting<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Enacted a series of requirements on gun retailers including annual reporting, liability insurance minimums and security system mandates including 24\/7 monitoring<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Oregon<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Bump stock ban<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Expanded \u201csensitive places\u201d carry ban locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Virginia<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>\u201cAssault weapons\u201d ban<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHigh capacity\u201d magazine ban<\/li>\n<li>Safe storage mandate<\/li>\n<li>Gun industry \u201cnuisance\u201d law liability<\/li>\n<li>Universal background checks<\/li>\n<li>Expanded \u201csensitive places\u201d carry ban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"omit-from-copy\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-xoduu5 r-1777fci r-9iso6 r-wnp491 r-5rknyj\"><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Maine<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Enacted red flag confiscation law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">New firearm registration mandate<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s only a partial list of what\u2019s become law in the last year or so and doesn\u2019t include bills in process such as\u2026more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/3d-printing\/california-assembly-passes-3d-printer-bill-that-would-criminalize-bypassing-mandated-gun-blocking-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printer censorware<\/a>\u00a0mandates, weakening the PLCAA, GLOCK bans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingnewsweekly.com\/gun-control\/now-comes-the-gun-grab-delaware-dems-go-for-full-on-confiscation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cassault weapons\u201d confiscation<\/a>\u00a0and suppressor bans. Oh, and there\u2019s also a (likely doomed) move by Democrats at the federal level to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingnewsweekly.com\/gun-control\/deranged-nj-congresswoman-introduces-bill-to-ban-suppressors-or-tools-of-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban the sale of suppressors<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>So despite an administration that has made some important strides in rolling back regulations and advancing gun rights in the last two-plus years and a Supreme Court that takes an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingnewsweekly.com\/gun-rights\/breaking-scotus-unanimously-rules-regular-users-of-marijuana-cant-be-denied-their-second-amendment-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expansive view<\/a>\u00a0of individuals\u2019 Second Amendment rights, it shouldn\u2019t really be a mystery why that AP-NORC poll found Republicans more worried about threats to their gun rights than Democrats. Same as it ever was.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Poll Shows Dems Not As Worried About Threat to Gun Rights They Don\u2019t Value. Our friends at the Associated Press have\u00a0polled about 2500 Americans\u00a0in an effort to take their collective temperature on the level of security they feel in some of their most fundamental civil rights, They include freedom of speech, religion, voting rights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=117465\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-enemies-foreign-domestic","category-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117466,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117465\/revisions\/117466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}