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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 11th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • When I break into a car, I don't know if there's a gun in there. It's when you steal a gun.
  • State jail felony if I take the gun and I keep the gun. If you take it and possess it?
  • That is, that's a theft of a gun. of firearm.
  • It requires it to take a gun.
  • So we're talking about the gun-free zone.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • guns.
  • guns.
  • New Mexico not only has a high number of crime guns, we have a high number of gun crimes.
  • to be aimed primarily at licensed gun dealers, and that gun trade is not illegal.
  • Responsible gun dealers, no.
Bills: SB4, SB7, SB9, SB17
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • force that comes when they modify these guns.
  • Because of these machine gun conversion devices, in 2024 we had two mass shootings where machine gun
  • their guns.
  • You don't want to have that gun. ...don't want to have that gun control conversation because that's what
  • I think it's both of those things, and it's access to guns.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/25/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Think the problem is the guns? Create stricter gun laws.
  • <00:36:57.920> think guns. Create stricter gun laws. think guns.
  • must normalize safe gun storage and update our gun storage laws.
  • must normalize safe gun storage and update our gun storage laws.
  • They're gun-free zones. They've been gun-free zones for a long time.
Bills: HF3409, HF3487, HF3401
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/04/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the whole purpose is Arizona residents to get a CCW, go through the training, have safe and legal gun
  • I remember when my wife wanted to have a CCW, I insisted that she goes to gun shop to have the proper
  • It reflects a growing trend of an invasion of privacy and our gun rights.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and advanced several bills. SB 1160 would make it a class one misdemeanor to fly a drone within one mile of a ticketed entertainment event, with exceptions for authorized personnel or written consent; NASCAR testified in support on public safety grounds, and the bill received a due pass recommendation by a 6-1 vote. SB 1093 would expand the definition of riot to include force or threats causing property damage and add riot as a predicate offense for conspiracy and racketeering; the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice opposed it as overly broad, while the sponsor argued it would target organized, paid riot activity. The committee approved it 5-2. SB 1049 would place a finite limit on spousal maintenance awards and direct the Supreme Court to consider related guideline factors; the sponsor said it was intended to prevent open-ended maintenance, while members questioned the fairness of a four-year cap in long marriages. It passed 5-2. SB 1053 would require Arizona residents to pay 10% of the nonresident fee for concealed weapons permits, with the director able to adjust fees to keep the program revenue neutral; supporters said residents should not pay the same as nonresidents and that the bill could encourage training and background checks, while opponents argued it could reduce state revenue. It passed 6-2. The committee also approved SB 1058, which bars government entities and certain private financial actors from maintaining firearm registries or using merchant category codes to identify firearm retailers, with supporters framing it as a privacy and Second Amendment measure and opponents warning about tracking and debanking; it passed 6-2. Finally, SB 1211 would allow victims of felony aggravated harassment involving domestic violence to seek a lifetime injunction against the offender; domestic violence and victim advocacy groups supported it as closing a gap for repeat victims, and the bill passed unanimously 9-0 after discussion clarified that no amendment was offered.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • gun dealers.
  • With gun homicides up... Gun death rates in the country, with gun homicides up 104% since 2015.
  • SB 17 is not anti-gun. No guns will be taken from anyone. SB 17 is not anti-gun owner.
  • Gun violence cost New Mexico 6.6 billion. caused by gun violence.
  • gun bill, which is wild. ...to guns in a gun bill, which is wild, but at least in the provisions of dealer
Bills: SB48, HB250, SB17
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • It out what gun laws we want to pass.
  • will get that gun back. will get that gun back.
  • gun under current law. gun under current law.
  • possible for violent gun crimes. possible for violent gun crimes.
  • That is gun control. It would be additional and new gun control.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August 29 minutes, and then heard testimony on a bill relating to machine gun conversion devices, often described as Glock switches or auto sears. Representative Jason Nemis presented the bill with Louisville police Chief Paul Humphrey and Lt. Drew Fox, arguing the measure would mirror existing federal law, make possession of these devices unlawful under Kentucky law, and give state and local law enforcement authority to seize and prosecute them without relying solely on federal agencies. They said the devices are small aftermarket or 3D-printed parts that convert semi-automatic pistols into fully automatic weapons and emphasized that the bill would not affect lawful gun ownership. The presenters cited rising seizures and public-safety concerns, saying LMPD and Jefferson County seizures increased sharply from 2023 to 2024 and that the average age of possession had dropped. They argued the devices are used offensively, are inaccurate and dangerous, and have been linked to violent crime. Two Alabama legislators, Representatives Philip Ensler and Russell Bedsole, testified in support based on Alabama’s recent enactment of a similar law. They said local police and prosecutors there had been unable to act effectively because the devices were handled mainly by federal authorities, and they described bipartisan support, immediate enactment, and reported confiscations after passage. Members asked about the bill’s penalty level, the source and manufacture of the devices, the scope of the definition of “conversion device,” and whether the bill could create constitutional problems given ongoing federal litigation over machine gun restrictions. The sponsors said the penalty would be a Class C felony and that the bill was intended to cover only the device attached to the firearm, not tools like 3D printers. They acknowledged that if federal machine gun laws were ultimately struck down, the state law would also be unenforceable. Some members supported the bill as common-sense public safety legislation, while Representative Roberts opposed it on Second Amendment grounds, arguing Kentucky should focus on expanding gun rights rather than adding restrictions already covered by federal law.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 8th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas at courthouses and historical sites, including a cannon believed to be the "Come and Take It" gun
  • HCR 89 designates the cannon as a state gun. I don't have taxes. There we are, members.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 16th, 2026 at 11:18 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, every single day, people will purchase guns, and somehow many of these guns will end up in the
  • gun dealers.
  • , all types of guns.
  • Do we get riled up whenever somebody says gun safety or gun control?
  • You cannot buy guns in Mexico legally. They don't manufacture guns in Mexico.
Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 1

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • where the gun started from. where the gun started from.
  • about 187 guns. about 187 guns.
  • with a gun get a ghost gun. with a gun get a ghost gun.
  • ghost guns. ghost guns.
  • But a lot of these gun gun gun uh<00:37:18.000> activities,<00:37:18.520> a<00:37:18.560
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 26, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:16:03.600> Seizure Bill 98, Prohibit Red Flag Gun Seizure Bill 98, Prohibit Red Flag Gun
  • protections against red flag gun protections against red flag gun confiscation<00:22:11.200>
  • I'll also point out red flag gun confiscation orders are one of the most egregious forms of gun control
  • I'll also point out red flag gun confiscation orders are one of the most egregious forms of gun control
  • I'll also point out red flag gun confiscation orders are one of the most egregious forms of gun control