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Saturday, November 26th, 2022

Biden Voices Support For Assault Weapons Ban During Lame-Duck Congress

Author:     Sara Boboltz
Source:     HuffPost
Publication Date:     Nov 24, 2022 | 11:58 AM EST
 Link: Biden Voices Support For Assault Weapons Ban During Lame-Duck Congress
Stephan:   This is good news. I doubt it will be successful immediately because few if any Republicans in either house of Congress, and not all Democrats will vote for such a weapons ban. But it starts the conversation and will, hopefully, stimulate a response from millions of American voters, and that wave of collective intention will scare Congress members into action fearing they might lose their seats
John Jackson, co-owner of Capitol City Arms Supply, with an AR-15 rifle for sale at his store in Springfield, Ill. The semi-automatic rifle has been sold to the public since the 1960s and the NRA estimates that around 8 million AR-15s and related models are in circulation.
Credit: Seth Perlman / AP

President Joe Biden said Thursday that he was open to a last-ditch effort to ban assault-style weapons as the 117th Congress winds down and Republicans prepare to take over control of the House in January.

With Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress for just a few more weeks, Biden said he would “start counting votes” to see how much support there might be for such legislation.

“I’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons,” he told reporters during a Thanksgiving Day visit to Nantucket Island off the coast of Massachusetts.

In less than one week, two major mass shootings claimed the lives of at least five people at a Colorado nightclub and at least six people at a Virginia Walmart, renewing once more the […]

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