Lawmakers will consider a ban on assault weapons sales and have called on gun makers to testify.
House Democrats are lining up behind a bill to ban the manufacture and sale of certain military-style semiautomatic assault weapons in an effort to keep guns such as AR-15s out of the hands of potential mass shooters — and force Republicans to take a position on the issue ahead of the midterms.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler announced on Friday that lawmakers on the committee would consider and mark up the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 on July 20. Four gunmen have killed a combined 42 people with assault rifles in the past four months alone, Nadler said, including 19 children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The gunman in the Uvalde massacre, as well as the young white nationalist who shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, both legally purchased AR-15-style semiautomatic rifles used in the attacks.
These guns are designed for military combat, often at close range, and are capable of shooting more bullets than traditional hunting rifles, and shooting them more quickly. Devices that essentially allow the guns to operate like military-grade machine guns are
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