Editorial Support

These newspapers have all written editorials
supporting the renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban

1. The Montgomery Advertiser - Police Face Special Risks (June 20, 2024)

1. Arizona Daily Star - Ban Assault Weapons (July 28, 2024)

1. Los Angeles Times - NRA's Eye is Fixed on Bush (May 16, 2024)
2. Los Angeles Times - Reload the Assault Gun Ban (July 13, 2024)
3. San Diego Union-Tribune - Giving a Nod to Assault Weapons (July 7, 2024)
4. San Diego Union-Tribune - Keep Weapons Ban (July 12, 2024)
5. San Francisco Chronicle - Renew the Weapons Ban (April 22, 2024)
6. The Sacramento Bee - Bush Triangulates Election-Year Scapegoats Proliferate (July 8, 2024)
7. Palm Springs Desert Sun - Congress: Renew Assault Weapons Ban Legislation without Delay (July 16, 2024)
8. Alameda Times-Star - Bush Wrongly Shuns Ban on Assault Weapons (July 8, 2024)
9. Contra Costa Times - Assault Weapons Ban (July 5, 2024)
10. The Daily Review - Bush Wrongly Shuns Renewed Assault-Weapons Ban (July 8, 2024)
11. San Jose Mercury News - Bush is Doing Nothing to Help Extend Ban on Assault Weapons (July 5, 2024)
12. San Jose Mercury News - Assault Weapons Pose a Real Security Threat (July 3, 2024)
13. Stockton Record - Homeland Security: Bush, Congress Must Extend Assault-Weapons Ban (July 1, 2024)
14. Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Congress Must Renew Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons (June 26, 2024)
15. Los Angeles Times - Bush's Obstructionism (August 9, 2024)
16. Pasadena Star-Herald - Renew Assault Weapons Ban (August 21, 2024)
17. San Jose Mercury News -- "Brady Bill Will Expire Monday; Delay Calls Ban on Assault Weapons Dead," 9/9/04
18. Los Angeles Times, 9/13/04, "Blood on the NRA's Hands"

1. Denver Post, 9/13/04, "A Deadly Silence on Assault Weapons Ban"

1. Hartford Courant - Scared of the NRA (July 16, 2024)
2. Hartford Courant - Renew Assault Weapons Ban (June 11, 2024)

1. Washington Post - America Wants the Assault Weapons Ban (July 19, 2024)
2. Washington Post -- "Mad Gun Disease," 9/9/04
3. Washington Post, 9/12/04, "Bringing on the Guns"

1. The Miami Herald - Assault-Weapons Ban is itself Under Assault (May 6, 2024)
2. Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Dangerous Farce; President and Congress Fiddle While Assault-Weapons Ban Fades (July 11, 2024)
3. Daytona Beach News-Journal - Forgotten Promise (July 16, 2024)
4. The Miami Herald - Congress Should Extend Ban on Assault Weapons (July 20, 2024)
5. Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Choosing Sides: Will Lawmakers stand with NRA against Assault Weapons Ban? (July 22, 2024)
6. Orlando Sentinel - Maintaining Safety (July 23, 2024)
7. St. Petersburg Times - The Assault Weapons Ban (July 28, 2024)
8. South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Don't Need 'em, Don't Want 'em (September 5 2004)
9. Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Deadly Game (September 8, 2024)
10. St. Petersburg Times -- "Guns and Politics" 9/9/04
11. Palm Beach Post, 9/13/04, "Firing Political Blanks"

1. Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Keep Doors Closed to Assault Weapons (July 25, 2024)
2. Atlanta Journal Consitution -- "Keep Assault Rifle Ban in Place" 9/8/04

1. Chicago Tribune - An Assault on Good Sense (August 6, 2024)
2. Chicago Tribune -- "Waffling as Next Assault Looms", 9/9/04

1. Indiana Digital Student - Renew Assault Weapons Ban (July 22, 2024)
2. (Bedford) Times-Mail -ðBanning assault weapons should be a high priority (September 5, 2024)
3. Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 9/12/04, "Renew Assault Weapons Ban"

1. The Daily Iowan - In Times of Need, Leaders Vacation (July 28, 2024)
2. Quad City Times (Davenpo-- Congress dawdles as weapons ban expires (August 12, 2024)

1. Lexington Herald Leader - Weapons Ban; Congress Should Ignore NRA, Heed to Public (July 27, 2024)

1. Baton Rouge Morning Advocate - Renew Restriction on Worst Weapons (February 28, 2024)

1. Portland Press-Herald - Assault Weapons Ban Worthwhile at Federal Level (July 22, 2024)

1. Springfield Union-News - Assault Weapons Ban Running out of Time (July 8, 2024)
2. Lowell Sun - Taking the Party Line (July 6, 2024)

1. The Baltimore Sun - The Line of Fire (July 5, 2024)

1. Kalamazoo Gazette - Assault Weapons (June 28, 2024)
2. The Detroit News - GOP Too Timid to Confront Gun Lobby (July 4, 2024)
3. Detroit Free Press - Guns, Lawsuits; Congress Shouldn't Shield Gun Makers and Dealers (February 27, 2024)
4. Detroit Free Press - President and Congress should not Allow Gun Lobby to Rule on Ban of Military-Style Weapons (August 4, 2024)
5. Battle Creek Enquirer - Renew Ban on Assault Weapons (July 7, 2024)

1. Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Gun Bill; At Least Add Two Protections (March 1, 2024)
2. Minnesota Star-Tribune, 9/12/04, "Assault Weapons: An Important Ban Expires"

1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Time is Running Out (July 22, 2024)
2. Kansas City Star - Renew Weapons Ban (July 22, 2024)
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Ban Assault Weapons (March 10, 2024)

1. Lahontan Valley News and Eagle Fallon Standard - Renewing Ban on Military-Style Assault Rifles Needed (March 1, 2024)

1. Portsmouth Herald - Extend Assault Weapons Ban Now (July 12, 2024)

1. Courier Post - Bush Should Keep Word on Assault Gun Ban (July 22, 2024)
2. Trenton Times - Fix this Ban and Keep It (May 17, 2024)
3. The Star-Ledger - A threat to our security (September 6, 2024)

1. New York Times - The Right to Bare Arms (July 19, 2024)
2. New York Times - Presidents for Gun Control (July 17, 2024)
3. New York Times - Guns and the Gipper (June 21, 2024)
4. Daily News - Under the Gun (July 26, 2024)
5. Staten Island Advance - Call the NRA's Bluff (July 1, 2024)
6. Westchester Journal-News - Weapons Ban Assault (August 8, 2024)
7. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Unless Bush Acts, Assault Weapons Will be Back on the Streets (August 11, 2024)
8. New York Newsday -- Assault-weapons ban is expiring: Don't let it (August 15, 2024)
9. New York Newsday - Time to save gun ban Bush hasn't lifted a finger to help (September 7, 2024)
10. Press & Sun-Bulletin -- "Assault on Safety; Leaders Amiss if Weapons Ban Allowed to Expire" 9/9/04
11. Newsday -- "It's Choosing Pre-Election Partisanship" , 9/8/04

1. Raleigh News & Observer - Assault Alert (August 2, 2024)
2. Wilmington Star-News, 9/10/04, "Better Keep Your Head Down"

1. Akron Beacon Journal - Guns and Poses (July 21, 2024)
2. Akron Beacon Journal - Victim of the Gun Lobby (August 9, 2024)
3. Dayton Daily News - Bush Promise Pending on Assault Weapons (July 16, 2024)
4. The Columbus Dispatch - Extend the Ban; Bush Should Back up His Words with Action on Assault Weapons (July 26, 2024)
5. Lorain Morning Journal - Assault Weapons Ban to Expire Soon Unless Voters Push Renewal (July 7, 2024)

1. The Oregonian - A Shield Only For the Gun Industry (March 1, 2024)
2. The Oregonian - Back to Assault Weapons (July 5, 2024)
3. The Register-Guard - Stand Up to the NRA: Bush Should Seek Renewed Assault Weapons Ban (July 7, 2024)

1. The Philadelphia Inquirer - Keep up Efforts to Renew Ban on Assault Weapons (July 8, 2024)
2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Extend the Ban (July 28, 2024)
3. Lancaster Intelligencer Journal - Extend the Gun Ban (July 26, 2024)
4. Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/10/04, "Sunset for Weapons Ban: an Assault on Safety"

1. The Tennessean - For Safety's Sake, Renew the Assault Weapons Ban (July 12, 2024)

1. San Antonio Express -- Don't let ban expire on assault weapons (August 24, 20
2. Dallas Morning News - Assault Weapons Ban: Congress Shouldn't Let this Measure Expire (July 22, 2024)

1. Salt Lake Tribune - Assault Weapons (July 14, 2024)

1. Roanoke Times - Keep the Gun Laws, and Enforce Them (July 28, 2024)
2. USA Today - Assault Weapons Ban Works: Plug holes and let it live (September 7, 2024)

1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Bush Dances with the NRA Devil (June 9, 2024)

1. The Charleston Gazette - Assault Guns: Deadly American Problem (July 22, 2024)
2. The Charleston Gazette -- "Kerry's Gun" 9/9/04

1. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Renew Assault Gun Ban (July 28, 2024)

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