![]() ![]() It also closes the so-called “boyfriend loophole” by denying gun purchases for those convicted of domestic abuse outside of marriages. ![]() That law provides for expanded background checks on young adults buying firearms, allowing authorities to access certain juvenile records. That bipartisan bill was the first of its kind after years of failed efforts to confront the gun lobby, including after a similar 2012 mass tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Pelosi said the House will revisit the public safety bills in August when lawmakers are expected to return briefly to Washington to handle other remaining legislation, including Biden’s priority inflation-fighting package of health care and climate change strategies making its way in the Senate.Ĭongress passed a modest gun violence prevention package just last month in the aftermath of the tragic shooting of 19 school children and two teachers in Uvalde. It’s something centrist Democrats in tough re-election campaigns wanted to shield them from political attacks by their Republican opponents they are soft on crime. The outcome will provide information for voters of where the candidates stand on the issue.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. But voter opinions appear to be shifting and Democrats dared to act before the fall election. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said it exempts those already in possession.įor nearly two decades, since the previous ban expired Democrats had been reluctant to revisit the issue and confront the gun lobby. The bill would make it unlawful to import, sell or manufacture a long list of semi-automatic weapons. 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. A recent vote to protect same-sex marriages from potential Supreme Court legal challenges won a surprising amount of bipartisan support. 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. It will likely stall in the 50-50 Senate. Almost all Republicans voted against the bill, which passed 217-213. The House legislation is shunned by Republicans, who dismissed it as an election-year strategy by Democrats. Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed the vote toward passage in the Democratic-run House, saying the earlier ban “saved lives.” But Congress allowed the restrictions first put in place in 1994 on the manufacture and sales of the weapons to expire a decade later, unable to muster the political support to counter the powerful gun lobby and reinstate the weapons ban. Once banned in the U.S., the high-powered firearms are now widely blamed as the weapon of choice among young men responsible for many of the most devastating mass shootings. WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide. ![]() Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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