First House Republican backs bill banning assault weapons [View all]

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Pete King (N.Y.) is the first House Republican to back a bill in the chamber seeking to ban assault weapons.

"They are weapons of mass slaughter," King told the New York Daily News on Monday shortly after his support for the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 as a co-sponsor became public on Congress's website.

“I don’t see any need for them in everyday society,” he added.

The bill, rolled out in February by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), has 200 Democratic co-sponsors.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/457993-new-york-republican-backs-assault-weapons-ban