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Cindy Axne Promotes Universal Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban

During a town hall in West Des Moines, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, called for universal background checks and reinstating the assault weapons ban to address shootings.

The Truth About Semi-Automatic “Assault” Weapons

Donald Bohlken: These are not “weapons of war” in the modern world. No wars have been fought with purely semiautomatic AR-15s or AK-47s.

We Don’t Need a New Ban on “Scary-Looking” Guns (or Any Gun)

Shane Vander Hart: The Des Moines Register calls for the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban to be reinstated that accomplished nothing but ban guns that looked scary.

The Des Moines Register Poll on Gun Control

The Des Moines Register’s poll tells us one thing for certain, those who are likely most ignorant about guns want more gun control.