House Democrats are making another bid for stricter gun laws, almost a month after Congress passed firearms legislation for the first time in three decades and Americans continue to express concern about gun violence.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday took up a new assault weapons ban that would end the sale of semi-automatic rifles that can fire multiple rounds in a matter of seconds like those used in recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and Highland Park, Illinois. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on protecting communities from mass shootings with testimony from Highland Park Mayor Nancy R. Rotering.
“These are weapons of war. They don’t just kill, they decimate,” said Representative David Cicilline, the Rhode Island Democrat who sponsored the assault weapons ban.
