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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPelosi says House will consider assault weapons ban legislation
Pelosi says House will consider assault weapons ban legislation
By Kristin Wilson
Updated 9:27 PM ET, Wed June 1, 2022
Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said next week she will bring forward legislation to ban military-style assault weapons, as the chamber moves to address gun violence.
She said "we will be having a hearing and marking up the assault weapon ban" as soon as the House addresses several pieces of legislation, including the package the House Judiciary Committee will mark up on Thursday.
Speaking at a rally against gun violence in San Francisco, Pelosi said, "We just are trying to hit it in every possible way," to try and curb mass shootings across the country.
"Of course we want the Senate to pass the background check legislation, which will save more lives than any of the initiatives we have," she said. The Democratic-controlled House passed legislation to strengthen background checks last year but it's stalled in the Senate.
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Pelosi says House will consider assault weapons ban legislation (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jun 2022
OP
It will die in the Senate but get the fascists on record, make them vote for more death.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2022
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,097 posts)1. It will die in the Senate but get the fascists on record, make them vote for more death.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,862 posts)2. Let's have this National Debate. Make sure every Rep goes on record.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)3. Do it. Make them vote for more death and pain.
pfitz59
(10,198 posts)9. Yes, do it
Force the GOP asshats to go on record
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)4. Hallelujah. Keep trying until it is passesd.
TomSlick
(11,035 posts)5. Good for Speaker Pelosi.
This issue must be pressed.
SYFROYH
(34,127 posts)6. "Consider" is an odd phrase if she thinks she has the votes.
Maybe she doesnt yet.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)7. I thought so too... But may be just House parlance?
James48
(4,416 posts)8. You MAY get an Age 21 provision to pass.
But an Assault Weapon Prohibition is much too far for now. Take what you can get-
1. Age 21 for semi-auto center fire rifles, including AR-15s.
2. Red Flag laws allowing a judge to order weapons held until a hearing.
3. Universal background Checks.
My sense is those things can happen.
But not an outright ban.
notinkansas
(1,095 posts)10. not good enough
Weapons of war do not belong on our streets. That's insane. Common sense requires that they be banned.