U.S. House panel seeks to advance bill to ban assault-style rifles

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday began debating legislation to ban certain assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and another bill allowing lawsuits against firearms manufacturers.

The bills face slim odds in the Senate, where they would need at least 10 Republicans allowing them to be brought up for debate. Republicans in the past have rejected similar bills, citing the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution dealing with the right to bear arms.

The House Judiciary Committee, emboldened by growing public outrage over the criminal use of the rapid-fire weapons and approval last month of a limited gun control bill, was expected to vote on both measures, advancing them toward debate by the full House.

"Will our Republican colleagues choose to defend the weapons of choice for mass murderers?" Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, asked, expressing frustration over a series of gun control measures sought by Democrats that were blocked by congressional Republicans.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-panel-seeks-advance-bill-ban-assault-style-rifles-2022-07-20/

[SheltieLover]

1. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

Can it pass in senate?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Probably not

[SheltieLover]

9. Grrrrr

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2. Our society would be a lot more peaceful

And the cops could concentrate on policing instead of protecting themselves by pulling the trigger.

[Bluethroughu]

3. Pass it, then blame the death cult in the senate if they don't.

Let the whole country see this minority of Senators doesn't care that people are dying daily because of mass shooters with these guns! Even the cops are afraid of these gunman.

Republicans don't care.

Their answer is to run into cement or iron boxes, well what if these wackos start a fire and pick people off trying not to burn alive...they are stupid profiteers from the arms industry.

[Walleye]

4. I was watching some of the early episodes of Gunsmoke. Where he has that little soliloquy

At the beginning of the show in the graveyard in Boot Hill from 1958. He concluded by saying, “maybe someday it’ll be against the law for people wear guns. I hope so”

[Bluethroughu]

6. Prophetic.

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5. Good luck with the possibility of passing that in an election year.

[Handler]

8. Excellent. To not try is just cowardice