GOP leaders say multiple gun-control measures failed in committee and on the floor

During a question-and-answer exchange, Speaker DeMuth and Leader Niska pushed back on assertions that gun-control proposals were not considered this session, listing committee defeats and floor votes they said failed.

"Gun provisions were voted on in the House 8 times," Speaker DeMuth said, and the leaders recited several committee failures and floor attempts — including references to semiautomatic rifle bans, a magazine ban and preemption repeal efforts — that they said did not pass in committee or on the floor.

Leaders said Democrats had opportunities to produce bipartisan solutions but characterized many proposals as repeatedly failing in committee. They pointed to a sequence of committee actions (dates and file numbers were cited in remarks) and said urgency requests on the floor also failed.

Context and limits: the leaders named several House-file identifiers and committee dates during their remarks. The press exchange did not include Democratic responses or specific vote tallies for the referenced measures, and some bill numbers and transcript lines were garbled; the leaders’ statements stand as their account in this press forum.

What’s next: the topic remains a point of contention between parties and is likely to feature in campaign messaging ahead of 2026; the press event did not record further floor action.