Video & Transcript Research : 'machine gun'
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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you please tell me what a gun silencer... ...for the sport of hunting.
- Can you please tell me what a gun silencer does for the sport of hunting? Senator Avila.
- But we can give a billionaire $7 million breaks for machines that print money.
- And we're back to the guns. You know, if people want to buy guns, they can buy guns.
- We're saying, go have fun, go buy guns. A silencer?
Summary:
The Senate took up the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27, with Chair Hooper and the appropriations chairs walking through the $114.5 billion budget. Major highlights included pay increases for state law enforcement, firefighters, park rangers, and correctional officers; funding for teacher salary increases and K-12 enrollment stabilization; workforce and university funding in higher education; major Medicaid, nursing home, waiver, and opioid-related investments in health and human services; corrections and prison-capacity funding; transportation, housing, and emergency management spending; and large environmental appropriations for Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, and water quality projects.
Members then asked detailed questions about specific items. Senators pressed on the Hamilton Center at UF, the difference between assistant state attorney and public defender pay, declining student enrollment funding, private school scholarship vouchers, mental health funding in schools, the lack of preeminence funding, APD’s iBudget waiver wait list and provider rates, ADAP premium assistance and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, prison staffing and air conditioning, Florida Forever land-buying versus easements, SNAP and Sun Bucks funding, Hope Florida, election audit funding, and the IDD managed care program. Chairs generally explained the negotiated compromises, noted where funding was flat or omitted, and in several cases said items would be revisited next year or depended on agency implementation.
Several senators used debate to praise the budget while also criticizing major policy choices. Leader Berman argued the state should have expanded Medicaid, invested more in public schools instead of vouchers, and accepted federal summer EBT funds. Other senators highlighted local wins such as Biscayne Bay restoration, Tri-Rail, housing assistance, ADAP funding, and declining enrollment support. The transcript ends with debate remarks thanking Chair Hooper for his work on the budget; no final vote is shown in the excerpt.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-PSM-EDT, AEN, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-10-2025
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- We've also donated a machine to Lina, producing 120 gallons of water a day as well.
- Management has also purchased machines Management has also purchased machines from<00:04:58.080>
- I've used the Ya Water machines. I've looked through them. It is powerful stuff.
- We have a machine in our home.
- We have this machine as a backup.
Summary:
The hearing began on SP 547, which would create incentives for graywater recycling systems and atmospheric water generators through an income tax credit, a Department of Health rebate program, and building code standards. The Department of Health and Department of Taxation offered written comments; Taxation said it had seven proposed amendments to improve administration. Testimony was largely supportive, with advocates and local users describing water-supply benefits, emergency use during the Maui fires, and potential help for drought conditions and Red Hill concerns. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii suggested only the rebate program should move forward for clearer cost transparency, and the Department of Health said it needed more time to study the bill. Members questioned the fiscal impact and whether combining a tax credit and rebate was typical, but staff did not have cost estimates. Decision-making on SP 547 was deferred to February 12, 2025.
The committee then took up SP 242 on foreign ownership of agricultural lands. The chair recommended passage with amendments, including deleting a reference to the Attorney General in one section and changing the effective date to July 1, 2050. Supporters argued the bill was a first step to limit foreign ownership of farmland, citing other states with similar restrictions, while several members said they supported the intent but had reservations about possible unintended harm to farmers and agriculture investment. After discussion, the measure passed with amendments on a 5-0 vote, with some members voting with reservations.
The committee also discussed SP 1633, which would create a green building tax credit for structures using at least 30% Hawaii-grown hemp material. The chair said the bill was close but needed more work, and decision-making was deferred to February 12, 2025. Later, the committee heard several environmental measures: SB 683, which would ban intentionally added PFAS in certain products starting in 2028; SB 1109, which would replace the “finding of no significant impact” with a “finding of completion of environmental disclosure process”; SB 391, which would expand recycling requirements to certain lithium-ion batteries; and SB 12, which would classify neonic pesticides as restricted-use pesticides and limit certain seed treatments. Testimony on these bills included support from environmental and advocacy groups, comments from state agencies, and requests for amendments or further study, but no final votes were taken on those measures in the portion of the transcript provided.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- for a person who causes the death of another by means of a machine gun or causes an injury by the means
- of a machine gun.
- gun.
- I go back to my friend Gregory, who was gunned down by a police...
- In 2016, that was gunned down by a police officer during a stop and frisk, allegedly.
Keywords:
criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, speedy trial, visiting judge, court administration, violent crimes, Alabama Supreme Court, employment, criminal record, certificate of employability, occupational licensing, negligent hiring, rehabilitation, limited relief, tribal police, law enforcement
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 30th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, please activate your machines. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Please activate your machines upon entering the chamber. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Please activate your machines upon entering the chamber. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Please activate your machines upon entering the chamber. Thank you. Chair sees a quorum.
- And then I found out that it's about guns on boats and guns in municipal buildings and guns everywhere
Bills:
HB1168
Keywords:
abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, methotrexate, pro-life, pro-choice, reproductive health, unborn child, trafficking, felony, contraception, pharmacist, pharmacy, Title 63, Oklahoma statutes, abortion pill, drug distribution, criminal penalty
Summary:
The Senate first came to order after repeated quorum calls, then devoted a long portion of the meeting to farewell remarks for Senator Darcy Jech. Jech reflected on his 12 years in the chamber, his rural district, campaign experiences, major events during his tenure, and the importance of relationships, compromise, and service. Numerous senators followed with personal tributes, praising his steadiness, humility, faith, work on devotions and the Rural Caucus, and his reputation as a thoughtful, respectful colleague and family man.
After the farewell segment, the Senate moved to executive nominations. The chamber unanimously confirmed Sharon Shell Millington as Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, Clayton Bullard as Cabinet Secretary of Health and Mental Health, and Clayton Bullard as administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. The Senate then approved a slate of Tier 2 nominations, including appointments to the Home Inspector Examiners Committee, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology board, the State Fire Marshal Commission, the State Board of Health, the State Board of Licensed Social Workers, the Forensic Review Board, the Oklahoma State Credit Union, the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, the Alarm, Locksmith, and Fire Sprinkler Industry Committee, and the Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
No debate or opposition was recorded on the nominations, and the votes were overwhelmingly or unanimously in favor. After announcements, the Senate agreed to recess and then adjourned until Monday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/05/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
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is - of the highway and they found the gun of the highway and they found the gun that<01:00:38.640>
- <01:04:51.720>
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and gun you don't just pump the gun and gun you don't just pump the gun and- of the bill that that would reduce gun of the bill that that would reduce gun rights<02:28:57.439
- <01:04:51.720>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Involving a gun illegally smuggled into the grounds by a non-license holder.
- rights. the liberal anti-gun lobby, convinced the court to side with them.
- I got my first hunting license and my first gun at the age of 10.
- Where are you gonna gun in the car. Where's the number one place that criminals obtain guns?
- Yes, my name is Chris McNutt and I'm the president of Texas Gun Rights.
Keywords:
SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings (AM) Feb 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Once served, 230 arrests and 164 firearms seized, including 100 machine guns.
- Firearms seized include 100 machine guns and conversion devices.
- And they're having problems with certain issues, whether it's gun violence or other matters.
- We do whatever is necessary to either confiscate the guns, apprehend individuals, or take other relevant
- actions. ...to confiscate the guns, put these individuals in jail, or do whatever they need because
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So under the National Firearms Act, or the NFA, a machine gun subject to prohibition is defined as any
- And the statute encompasses parts designed to convert a weapon into a machine gun.
- And the statute encompasses parts designed to convert a weapon into a machine gun.
- The statute encompasses parts designed to convert a weapon into a machine gun.
- gun and it contended to be a machine gun and it requires<01:19:46.400>
the <01:19:46.560>federal
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety.
Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA.
The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/14/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- They gave me a machine gun and had me running around the woods with it in short order.
- They gave me a machine gun and had me running around the woods with it in short order.
- They gave me a machine gun and had me running around the woods with it in short order.
- I can't afford the nicest machine guns I want.
- They're millions of machine guns I want.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Department of Public Safety Press Conference 2/13/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, one of those—if you have a permit to carry, can you still bring a gun to the Capitol, right?
- to the capital right carry bring a gun to the capital right >> so<00:10:16.399>
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and <00:15:24.160>again the sensitivity on the machine and again the - sensitivity on the machine and again those<00:15:24.720>
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Summary:
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson and State Patrol Colonel Christina Bogey announced that weapon screening will begin Tuesday at the Minnesota State Capitol at the start of the 2026 legislative session. They said the change is based on an independent security assessment and the Axtell report’s top recommendation, and framed it as an added layer of protection rather than a weapons ban or a change in state law. Both emphasized that the Capitol will remain open, accessible, and welcoming while reducing preventable risks, citing heightened threats to public officials and the recent murders and shootings involving Minnesota lawmakers and their families.
Bogey outlined the screening plan: visitors will use four public access points, with the south ground-level entrance as the primary entry, while other exterior doors will not be open for public entry. She said the process should take only seconds for most people, with bags going through separate scanners and additional screening only if needed. The Capitol will close to the general public at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, though accommodations will be made when hearings or floor sessions run later. She also said the entrances and screening areas are ADA accessible and that staff will be available to help guide visitors.
In questions, officials said prohibited items are defined by statute and administrative rules and referred reporters to the State Patrol website for the full list. They confirmed that lawful permit-to-carry holders may still bring firearms, but must declare the permit, show government ID, and go through screening; elected officials are exempt, while staff are not. They also said the State Patrol will fund the rollout from its own budget, with costs to be evaluated over time, and that tunnel key-card access will be restricted to everyone. The briefing ended with a plan to demonstrate the screening equipment upstairs.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the law that regulates especially dangerous devices like machine guns and sawed-off shotguns.
- That's the law that regulates especially dangerous devices like machine guns and sawed-off shotguns.
- That's the law that regulates especially dangerous devices like machine guns and sawed-off shotguns.
- <00:55:15.680>
guns <00:55:16.400>and dangerous devices like machine guns and dangerous - devices like machine guns and sawoff<00:55:17.440>
shotguns.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It reduces the tax on slot machine revenues from 35% to 34%.
- Can you please tell me what a gun silencer... ...for the sport of hunting.
- But we can give a billionaire $7 million breaks for machines that print money.
- And we're back to the guns. You know, if people want to buy guns, they can buy guns.
- We're saying go have fun, go buy guns. A silencer?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- In support of researching gun violence innovations, and the potential impact on gun death and injury
- I come here today to testify for important technology to identify crime guns, solve shootings, and hold
- gun traffickers accountable.
- timely way for the investigation of shootings, plus provides a reliable means for identification of gun
- traffickers and crime gun dealers.
Summary:
The Special Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology convened its fifth hearing, led by co-chairs Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Senator Michael Moore, with a quorum present. The co-chairs reviewed the commission’s charge to study emerging firearm technologies, including personalized firearms and microstamping, and to assess their feasibility, utility, legal issues, commercial availability, and potential costs and impacts in Massachusetts. They noted prior hearings on smart guns and microstamping and said this session was for public testimony.
The only registered speaker was Matthew Nugent of Beverly, who urged the commission to recommend microstamping legislation. He argued that microstamping could help identify crime guns, solve shootings, and hold traffickers accountable by imprinting a unique code on cartridge casings when a firearm is fired. He cited other states, including New Jersey, California, and New York, as having adopted similar requirements and asked Massachusetts to follow suit.
No other oral testimony was offered, though the co-chairs reminded the public that written testimony would continue to be accepted and posted for commissioners. Senator Moore thanked attendees for their input, and the commission then voted to adjourn without any substantive action or recommendations taken at the hearing.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So I had a Ninth Circuit argument a couple of weeks ago on a seizure of gambling machines that happened
- ago on a seizure of gambling machines ago on a seizure of gambling machines that<00:12:32.040>
- officers, and in my current position, I have represented police officers both in, you know, in the gun
- Do you see what I think is fairly obvious in some situations, especially, for example, on the gun case
- case where the for example on the gun case where the the<00:26:26.920>
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Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Governor’s Message 725, the nomination of Daniel M. Gluck to serve as associate judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals for a 10-year term. The chair announced a two-minute testimony limit, said the committee would not vote that day, and scheduled decision-making for the next day at 10:45 a.m. in Room 016. Testimony in support came from the Governor’s Office, judges and legal professionals, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and members of the public, including a child who described Gluck’s kindness and help in Girl Scouts. The committee reported 72 supporters, zero opposition, and one comment from the West Side Bar Association.
Gluck thanked the committee and outlined his background in private practice, nonprofit work, and government service, including work in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. He emphasized access to justice, pro bono representation, and his commitment to reducing the ICA backlog. In response to questions, he said he would focus on fuller staffing, shorter and more concise opinions, possible use of AI for limited administrative tasks, and process improvements to speed appeals. He also discussed appellate timelines, briefing schedules, and the value of oral argument for transparency and clarification.
Members questioned him about impartiality, especially in cases involving tension between Hawaii and federal precedent. Gluck said judges must follow controlling law, including U.S. Supreme Court precedent on federal questions and Hawaii Supreme Court precedent on state-law issues, and that the judiciary should not make policy. He also described his current work as deputy corporation counsel, including HART, firearms licensing after Bruen, appeals, and pending state cases. No vote was taken, and the hearing was adjourned after questions concluded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Prohibited weapons offenses with respect to an explosive weapon, auto machine gun, or an imposed improvised
- Yeah, and that's the prohibited weapons offenses with respect to an explosive weapon, machine gun, or
- I mean, you could say the same of illegal trafficking in guns.
- think that the the intention is to actually avoid all government interference in in possession of guns
Bills:
HB 214
Keywords:
Texas Women's Privacy Act, HB 214, sex-segregated facilities, bathroom bill, restroom access, locker room, changing room, shower room, single-sex spaces, gender identity, transgender, biological sex, women's privacy, public facilities, state agency, political subdivision, correctional facility, prison housing, jail housing, family violence shelter
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- . gun. gun.
- I have met many responsible gun owners, and I respect gun ownership, safe gun ownership, and the deep
- and I respect gun ownership, safe owners and I respect gun ownership, safe gun<00:25:16.320>
ownership - shooting and gun violence daily. shooting and gun violence daily.
- that use guns to act out. Um, I think uh that use guns to act out.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Clock the machine. Record the vote. 17 Clock the machine. Record the vote. 17 Clock the machine.
- The clerk on lock machine. The BIR. The clerk on lock machine. The BIR. The clerk on lock machine.
- The clerk want the machine. The B. The clerk want the machine. The B. The clerk want the machine.
- Clerk will lock the machine. Record the the machine. Record the the machine.
- Lock the machine. Record the voted? Lock the machine. Record the voted? Lock the machine.
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Social media platform requirements related to minors 3/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that is acting with corporate negligence, they have the technology they can use to ensure that guns
- are only used by the lawful owner of that gun and the mental health experiences of children who have
- And when we talk about guns being youth.
- lawful uh the lawful owner of that gun lawful uh the lawful owner of that gun and<00:30:03.600><
- to be around guns, just, you know, and that, you know, solves the problem in some people's minds and
Summary:
The committee took up House File 4138, a bill aimed at limiting harmful social media practices for minors by requiring verifiable parental consent for accounts and restricting addictive features and targeted advertising for youth users. Chair Scott offered an A2 amendment, with an oral clarification striking specific language and two commas; the committee adopted the amended A2, and the bill was then discussed as amended. The bill author described social media as addictive by design and said the measure would use age-estimation technology to identify users 15 and under, require parental consent, and provide a different, less addictive experience for youth.
Supportive testimony came from the Minnesota Catholic Conference, parents Jerry and Giana Cox, and a Minnesota high school student, all arguing that social media harms youth mental health, encourages excessive use, and exposes children to manipulation, cyberbullying, and addictive design features like infinite scroll and autoplay. They said the bill would help parents, protect children, and reduce exploitation of minors’ data. Several committee members also spoke in favor, saying the bill addresses corporate negligence, youth mental health, and the need to act even if the proposal needs more work.
Opposition testimony came from industry groups including the Computer and Communications Industry Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, and NetChoice. They argued the bill is vague and narrow in scope, could create uneven coverage, and may push platforms toward intrusive age-verification or digital-ID-like systems that raise privacy and data-breach concerns. They also said restrictions on personalized or algorithmic features could weaken safety tools and make it harder to protect young users. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the excerpt, but the amended A2 was adopted and the bill remained under discussion.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- each other, guns, gun violence. each other, guns, gun violence.
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and <00:21:52.480>gun normalizing gun ownership and gun normalizing gun ownership and - We believe that treating these triggers akin to machine guns is inaccurate. who are sportsmen as well
- <01:21:25.440>
A state's prohibition on machine guns. - A state's prohibition on machine guns.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Another standard guns twice as lethal.
- And so this rate... justice area that relate to guns that justice area that relate to guns that I'm<00
- That's the ghost gun one. Believe floor. That's the ghost gun one.
- the other gun control or gun provisions the other gun control or gun provisions if<01:01:52.240>
- <01:09:04.000>
The gun violence prevention package. The gun violence prevention package.