![]() ![]() ![]() The restrictions would not apply to many other models.ĭemocrats had tried to link the weapons ban to a broader package of public safety measures that would have increased federal funding for law enforcement. He said the bill potentially bans millions of firearms “in blatant opposition to the Supreme Court’s rulings” that have established gun ownership as an individual right and expanded on it.Īmong the semi-automatic weapons banned would be some 200-plus types of semi-automatic rifles, including AR-15s, and pistols. Jason Ouimet, executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, said in a statement following the vote that “barely a month after” the Supreme Court expanded gun rights “gun control advocates in Congress are spearheading an assault upon the freedoms and civil liberties of law-abiding Americans.” The outcome will provide information for voters of where the candidates stand on the issue. But voter opinions appear to be shifting and Democrats dared to act before the fall election. Kurt Schrader of Oregon, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine, Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Vicente Gonzalez of Texas.įor nearly two decades, since the previous ban expired Democrats had been reluctant to revisit the issue and confront the gun lobby. The Democratic lawmakers voting no were Reps. Chris Jacobs of New York and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania were the only Republicans to vote for the measure. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said it includes an exemption that allows for the possession of existing semi-automatic guns. The bill would make it unlawful to import, sell or manufacture a long list of semi-automatic weapons. Jordan replied by inviting her to his congressional district to debate him on the Second Amendment, saying he believed most of his constituents “probably agree with me and agree with the United States Constitution.” “Schools, shopping malls, grocery stores, Independence Day parades shouldn’t be scenes of mass carnage and bloodshed.” “Your freedom stops where mine begins, and that of my constituents begins,” Democratic Rep. In one exchange, two Ohio lawmakers squared off. Pelosi displayed a poster of a gun company’s advertisement for children’s weapons, smaller versions that resemble the popular AR-15 rifles and are marketed with cartoon-like characters. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said the weapons ban is not about taking away Americans’ Second Amendment rights but ensuring that children also have the right “to not get shot in school.” Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., “An armed America is a safe and free America.”ĭemocrats argued that the ban on the weapons makes sense, portraying Republicans as extreme and out of step with Americans. “It’s a gun grab, pure and simple,” said Rep. Republicans stood firmly against limits on ownership of the high-powered firearms during an at times emotional debate ahead of voting. “When the ban expired in 2004, mass shootings tripled,” the statement said. The Biden administration said that for 10 years, while the ban was in place, mass shootings declined. A recent vote to protect same-sex marriages from potential Supreme Court legal challenges won a surprising amount of bipartisan support.īiden was instrumental in helping secure the first semi-automatic weapons ban as a senator in 1994. Voters seem to be taking such election-year votes seriously as Congress splits along party lines and lawmakers are forced to go on the record with their views. massacre of school children in Uvalde, Texas and the July Fourth shootings of revelers in Highland Park, Ill. The bill comes at a time of intensifying concerns about gun violence and shootings - the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. Leaders begin arriving in Japan for meeting of G-7 nations, with war in Ukraine high on the agenda ![]()
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