Bill would require support from at least 10 Senate Republicans, and it isn’t certain that all 50 Democratic senators are onboard
Senator Tammy Duckworth speaks after a judiciary committee hearing on civilian access to military-style assault weapons on 20 July.Senator Tammy Duckworth speaks after a judiciary committee hearing on civilian access to military-style assault weapons on 20 July.The assault weapons ban in America passed by the House appears set to be doomed in the Senate amid implacable Republican opposition to gun reform, even in the wake of a series of mass shootings in the US.
would criminalize the knowing sale, manufacture, transfer, possession or importation of many types of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines. New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney said that gun manufacturers use “dangerous selling tactics to sell assault weapons to the public”, including “marketing to children, preying on young men’s insecurities and even appealing to violent white supremacists.”.
showed the number of mass shooting deaths declined while the law, which expired in 2004, was in effect.
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