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Shant Shahrigian

Future for assault weapons ban in Senate is grim, top legislator says

The Senate is unlikely to pass a ban on assault weapons despite growing calls for tougher gun laws in the wake of the Colorado Springs massacre, a top lawmaker said Sunday.

Not enough senators support the proposed ban to make it law, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I’m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban,” he said.

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