Statehouse Showdown Looms As Gun Rights Groups Brace For Wave Of New Restrictions

Tampa Free Press ^ | 11/10/2026 | Brian Burns

[MacNaughton]

A political clash over firearms is brewing across the country after election night shifted the balance of power in dozens of statehouses, putting firearm advocates on high alert ahead of the new legislative year.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced it has launched an aggressive tracking effort to monitor pre-filed legislation nationwide. Following Democratic victories up and down the ballot, the group warns that state capitols are primed to become the next major battleground for gun laws.

Early skirmishes are already underway. In Texas, where Democrats secured a majority in the House, lawmakers have pre-filed at least 16 firearm-related bills. Similar measures have begun surfacing in Minnesota and Arizona. Bolstered by recent wins, Democrats now hold both legislative chambers in 24 states—including key swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—alongside a majority of governor’s mansions.

“We’re looking at a dire situation,” CCRKBA Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb said in a statement. “We fully expect anti-gunners in all Democrat-controlled legislatures to push an extremist agenda, which could include—depending upon the state—efforts to roll back state firearm preemption statutes which prohibit cities and counties from adopting their own more restrictive local gun control laws, reverse Constitutional carry laws, add permit-to-purchase requirements, ban so-called ‘assault weapons,’ and add other possible restrictions.”

The national legislative map reflects just how close the contest has become. Citing a recent Fox News tally, Gottlieb pointed out that Democrats control 24 state legislatures compared to 22 held by Republicans, with Texas and North Carolina operating under divided control and final results still pending in Alaska and Georgia.

“Essentially, the Second Amendment community is facing a nationwide emergency, so it’s all hands on deck,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb said the organization expects a surge of restrictive proposals to land on committee desks before the new year, warning supporters that early drafts often disguise far-reaching policy changes. In response, local affiliates are mobilizing across state capitals to lobby against incoming legislation.

“Our state affiliates—our boots on the ground grassroots organizations—are preparing for action in every state capital,” Gottlieb said. “Democrats campaigned on affordability, health care, and civil rights, but now that they’ve won, they are focusing on long-standing agenda items including gun restrictions, gun bans and trampling on the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”

With state legislatures set to convene in January, both sides are positioning for what promises to be a tense, high-stakes legislative season.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; gungrabbers; secondamendment

[MacNaughton]

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TX state representative Gene Wu (D-137th House District - Houston) born Eugene Yuanzhi Wu on March 23, 1978. He immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a young child. He is an American lawyer and politician representing Texas district 137 (Houston) since 2013. He was elected minority leader of the Texas House in 2024, focusing on issues like public education and immigrant communities.

4/19/1775 - Lexington Green, Lexington, MA -- memorial to Capt. John Parker, Lexington Company, Massachusetts Militia

[Steely Tom]

You can certainly see what most concerns them.

[PGR88]

If this were a democrat group, Federal government would already be shoveling them and their connected NGOs $$hundreds of Millions, under the bullshit guise of “education” or “civil rights.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Only 17 spam images? Shouldn’t there be at least 50?

[Terry L Smith]

Democrats do not want their slaves to own firearms, read, or in any fashion become uppity

[MacNaughton]

You’re welcome to add to them ...