push for gun laws
Push for gun laws.
Occurrences
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (Both D-Md.) joined the Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and others in the bicameral reintroduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025.
The Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act prohibits individuals subject to temporary restraining orders from purchasing or possessing firearms and extends protections to domestic violence survivors who have been abused by dating partners. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md.
Evidence
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Sen. Alsobrooks and Sen. Warnock led a bicameral oversight effort demanding DOJ reverse policy changes that were weakening gun violence prevention efforts and leaving Americans less safe.
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The Maryland delegation said Alsobrooks and others fought to deliver $1,184,000 in FY2026 federal funding to support Baltimore's gun violence reduction program.
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GovInfo lists S. 5201 as introduced July 30, 2026, with Angela D. Alsobrooks as a cosponsor. The bill's full title says it would amend title 18 to protect more domestic-violence victims by preventing abusers from possessing or receiving firearms; the action listed is read twice and referred to Senate Judiciary.
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Congress.gov identifies Sen. Angela D. Alsobrooks as sponsor of S.3512, the Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act. The official title would amend the Internal Revenue Code to repeal elimination of tax on certain firearms under the National Firearms Act; latest action was read twice and referred to Senate Finance, with status Introduced.
Assessments
The promise was framed as pushing for gun laws, not necessarily enacting a specific statute. In her current U.S. Senate term, Alsobrooks sponsored S.3512, a gun-related federal bill, cosponsored S.5201 to restrict firearm access for more domestic-violence abusers, and joined related federal gun-safety oversight and funding efforts. The bills had not been enacted, but the promised action was to push for gun laws, and the record shows concrete legislative advocacy by the candidate in the same federal term.
Alsobrooks has shown federal action on gun-violence prevention as a U.S. Senator, including joining oversight pressure on DOJ gun-safety policy and helping pursue FY2026 funding for Baltimore gun-violence reduction. However, the evidence does not show that she wrote, sponsored, materially advanced, or helped enact a federal gun law. Because the promise was to push for gun laws, these actions count as meaningful related effort but not full delivery of enacted gun-law outcomes.