The House is currently holding a discussion about gun legislation.
The House Judiciary Committee began a hearing today about advancing legislation to raise the age to which a person can legally buy a gun from 18 to 21.
Democrats have seized upon the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, naming the legislation the “Protecting Our Kids Act.”
Among many things, the legislation would raise the legal age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21.
The House will hold a vote on the legislation as early as next week.
The House is beginning to put its stamp on gun legislation in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York by 18-year-old assailants who used semi-automatic rifles to kill 31 people, including 19 children.
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The House is beginning to put its stamp on gun legislation in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York by 18-year-old assailants who used semi-automatic rifles to kill 31 people, including 19 children.
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Thursday to advance legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. The bill would make it a federal offense to import, manufacture, or possess large-capacity magazines and would create a grant program to buy back such magazines. It also builds on the executive branch’s ban on bump-stock devices and so-called ghost guns that are privately made without serial numbers.
The Democrat-backed legislation, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, was quickly added to the legislative docket after last week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A vote by the full House could come as early as next week.
Today, the House Judiciary Committee is poised to advance legislation billed as an emergency response to recent mass shootings, including the school massacre in Uvalde, Tex. https://t.co/ytHIS93EFX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 2, 2022
House Judiciary Committee takes up wide-ranging gun control legislation in wake of shootingshttps://t.co/NU3SABi93f
— Siri Rathod (@sirimahanthesh) June 2, 2022
CNN has more:
The House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup on Thursday of a wide-ranging package of gun control legislation called the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” as lawmakers face intense pressure to act in the wake of recent mass shootings.
House Democrats are moving to tee up votes on gun bills in the aftermath of a series of horrific shootings that have shocked the nation, including at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.
Many of these measures are unlikely to pass the Senate, however, amid widespread GOP opposition to stricter gun control. A bipartisan group of senators is engaging in talks in an attempt to find common ground on gun policy, but it is still unclear what, if anything, will come of the effort.
Here’s the live feed of the House debate:
Democrats are acting quickly to push strict gun control legislation following the shooting in Texas, as well as New York.
On Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi spoke of proposing legislation to ban assault weapons:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the House will be “having a hearing and marking up” legislation to ban assault weapons next week. pic.twitter.com/fDkkLhDl9u
— The Recount (@therecount) June 2, 2022
Several republicans chimed in on the legislation including Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, and Thomas Mazzie.
They claim that democrats are fixated on destroying the Second Amendment by rushing through legislation:
Rep. @Jim_Jordan At House Judiciary Hearing On Gun Legislation
“Democrats are always fixated on curtailing the rights of law abiding citizens rather than trying to understand why this evil happens.”
“This bill is just another Democrat attack on the 2A.”pic.twitter.com/em4nr5wmVp
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) June 2, 2022
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) at House hearing on gun reform legislation:
"It is reflexive and it is irresponsible to consider bills while we're still trying to figure out what happened [in Uvalde]." pic.twitter.com/xScwzPTLAM
— The Recount (@therecount) June 2, 2022
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) during the House's gun reform legislation hearing:
"The biggest thing we can do here today is repeal the 1990 Gun-Free School Zone Act so that the default condition in this country is not to advertise every student as a target." pic.twitter.com/rfoezSoHja
— The Recount (@therecount) June 2, 2022
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