Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and different Democrats on Wednesday to reintroduce an assault weapons ban, a proposal to ban the acquisition and possession of high-powered semiautomatic firearms, reminiscent of the favored AR-15 rifle.
The invoice has nearly no likelihood of turning into regulation as a result of Republicans management the White Home and each chambers of Congress, however Democrats see it as an essential marker within the gun management debate in Washington, which has seen little motion for the reason that 1994 assault weapons ban expired greater than 20 years in the past.
Schiff and his Democratic colleagues will seem with advocates from a number of gun-control teams, together with Brady, Giffords and Newtown Motion Alliance to announce the laws at a press convention on Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) will be part of the occasion.
The Democratic senators famous that mass shootings in america declined by 37 p.c and produced fewer fatalities per occasion when the assault weapons ban was in impact from 1994 to 2004.
A November Gallup ballot confirmed that 52 p.c of People stated they favor a ban on assault weapons, although increased percentages of People supported the concept previously.
General, 56 p.c of People assume gun management legal guidelines must be extra strict, in accordance with the Gallup survey from final 12 months.
Schiff, a first-term senator, is taking up as a lead sponsor of the assault weapons ban from former Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who made it one among her signature points throughout her lengthy Senate profession.
Feinstein died in September 2023, and Schiff was elected to her seat final 12 months.
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