Assault weapon ban

Coming on the heels of a spate of mass shootings, the vote gave Democrats another opportunity to draw a sharp distinction with Republicans before the ...

The ban expired in 2004 and has never been renewed; the Republican Party is united in opposition to such a measure. Democrats had originally planned to pair the vote to ban assault weapons with legislation that would provide more funding to local police departments. But the police legislation drew criticism from progressives and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who insisted that more police accountability measures should be included. The vote also gave Democrats another opportunity to draw a sharp distinction with Republicans. This month, the House passed legislation to ensure access to contraception nationwide, as well as major protections for abortion and same-sex marriage. “Let’s call this for what it is: It’s a gun grab, pure and simple,” said Representative Guy Reschenthaler, Republican of Pennsylvania. “This bill is not about public safety. The legislation would make it illegal to sell, manufacture, transfer, possess or import assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.

The House of Representatives voted Friday evening to ban assault-style weapons, sending the bill to the Senate where it's not expected to advance.

House Democrats held a procedural vote open for more than an hour on Friday while Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus members, Gottheimer and others huddled on the House floor to negotiate. that amounted to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. And what I am most proud of, is that we were able to go today and take a leadership role. Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Chris Jacobs of New York voted for the bill. , which was not included in Friday's series of votes. "We have a big tent.

The historic legislation passed along party lines with a razor-thin majority and only two Republicans voting in support.

Many in the liberal caucus spent Friday morning pushing to uncouple the assault weapons ban from the public safety package and hold separate votes. The fate of the ban initially was tied to a package of public safety bills that included, among other measures, community funding to curb violence and legislation dissolving a civil liability law protecting gunmakers. Vulnerable Democratic members have been pressing leaders to consider messaging bills that would fund police departments, hoping to strip Republicans from attacking them as soft on crime. Many vulnerable Democrats were livid, threatening to sink a procedural vote that was necessary to pass the legislation. The passage of an assault weapons ban is a significant feat for any chamber of Congress. Multiple attempts for the legislation to even be considered in committees were jettisoned. “Last-minute legislating was never really a good way to put a package together, especially one that’s so important as this,” he said, echoing several Democrats who have raised concern over how quickly some bills are being brought to the floor by leaders. The Democrats’ slim margin in the House allows for only four defections. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) is running in a competitive district not far from liberal Philadelphia. Today, House Democrats acted,” President Biden said in a statement. Detaching the assault weapons ban from the rest of the public safety package, however, was risky. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill’s passage last week, green lighting the legislation for Friday’s historic vote. But front-line Democrats were exasperated when leadership decided to postpone a vote on the public safety bills until the middle of August, instead siding with liberals to pass the assault weapons ban Friday, according to several people familiar with the group’s discussions.

The last-minute vote was announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday morning.

"House Democrats are committed to building safer communities, in every corner of the country," she wrote to her colleagues. But the measure fell short of what Biden and Democrats hoped to pass. The should Senate move quickly to get this bill to my desk, and I will not stop fighting until it does," Biden said in the statement. But some of these weapons would be allowed to be grandfathered in. "Our nation has watched in unspeakable horror as assault weapons have been used in massacre after massacre in communities across the country," she said on the floor during debate on the bill. The legislation passed 217 to 213.

While the legislation is highly unlikely to pass the Senate, House Democrats say the bill is a needed response to recent mass shootings.

She described the assault weapons vote as "step one" in addressing violence and policing. They struck a deal to move forward solely on the assault weapons ban Friday. The House had planned to vote on the assault weapons ban earlier this week alongside legislation to provide funding for local police departments. "We have people from Uvalde and Parkland who are here today with those children, asking us to make sure that we do an assault ban. "We know that an assault weapons ban can work because it has worked before." It's also not clear if the measure has the support of all 50 Senate Democrats.

The House passed a bill Friday that would ban the sale of assault-style weapons and high capacity magazines Friday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a floor speech Friday the chamber would pass some form of those bills when it returns next month for votes on a budget reconciliation package. The Senate did take up, and pass, a rare bipartisan bill to address gun violence earlier this year. That has not seen action in the Senate. The bill would also ban the sale of some firearm accessories like pistol braces. They turn our streets, our schools, our grocery stores, our movie theaters and hospitals into bloody battlefield scenes,” Cicilline said in a floor speech. They described graphically the damage high-powered rifles can do to the human body.

The US House voted on Friday evening to ban sales of semi-automatic rifles like those used in recent mass shootings, a largely symbolic move by the ...

The House voted Friday to ban semiautomatic assault weapons, as negotiations over police funding legislation continue. Almost all Republicans voted against ...

"Assault weapons need to be banned," the president said earlier this month when he signed a bipartisan gun control bill into law. The legislation would ban the sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, although some of these firearms would be allowed under grandfathering. It would also allow the transfer or sale of legally owned assault weapons with a background check.

Five Democrats voted against the bill, and two Republicans voted to support the ban. The Democrats are Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Vicente ...

Friday marks the first House vote on an assault weapons ban in nearly three decades. The West Virginia state Senate on Friday passed a bill to ban nearly all abortions in the state. What they're saying: "Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities," President Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday. "The majority of the American people agree with this common sense action." - "Today, our Democratic Majority will take up and pass the Assault Weapons Ban legislation: a crucial step in our ongoing fight against the deadly epidemic of gun violence in our nation," Pelosi said Friday in announcing the vote. State of play: Democrats had initially planned to vote on the assault weapons ban and a package of policing legislation together but moved to delay those votes to next month amid internal disagreements about the language of the policing bill, the Washington Post reports. The House on Friday passed a ban on assault weapons, 217-213, a largely symbolic step as the measure is all but certain to fail in the Senate.

Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in ...

The majority of the American people agree with this common sense action. Today, House Democrats acted by unifying to pass an assault weapons ban to keep weapons of war off our streets, save lives in this country, and reduce crime in our communities. When guns are the number one killer of children in America, when more children die from guns than active-duty police and active-duty military combined, we have to act.

Bill would require support from at least 10 Senate Republicans, and it isn't certain that all 50 Democratic senators are onboard.

The last time the legislature passed an assault weapons ban was in 1994. Congressional Republicans argue that the legislation is unconstitutional and would result in the confiscation of firearms. “We know that an assault weapons ban can work because it has worked before.”