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Republicans Unveil Bill to Make AR-15-Style Rifle the “National Gun”

Author:     Sharon Zhang
Source:     truthout
Publication Date:     February 24, 2023
 Link: Republicans Unveil Bill to Make AR-15-Style Rifle the “National Gun”
Stephan:  

Last year over 45,000 people were killed by gunfire in the United States, and many of those deaths resulted from murderers using AR-15 assault rifles. The Republicans, having nothing better to do in Congress, want to pass legislation making it the "National Gun." This is an example of what the Republican Party has become. I'll just leave it at that.

Republican Representative Andrew Clyde listens to a question from a reporter during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
Credit: Win McNamee / Getty

House Republican has introduced a bill that would make the AR-15, which has been used in many of the nation’s most horrific mass shootings, the “National Gun of the United States,” positioning it alongside official symbols like the bald eagle and Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” in representing the U.S.

The bill was unveiled this week by gun store owner Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama. It has been cosponsored by Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia) and George Santos (R-New York). “We must send a message that we will meet every attack on any of our constitutional rights,” Moore said while unveiling the bill earlier this week, referring to the Second Amendment.

The AR-15 was used by the school shooter last year in Uvalde, Texas, to massacre 19 elementary school children and two teachers. It was used during the 2019 shooting in Parkland, Florida, to murder 17 students and […]

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