Report from CNN (and other major sources) with this headline (formatted
to fit the blog):
“House Judiciary
Committee approves wide-ranging gun control legislation in wake of mass
shootings”
Text of Proposed House Legislation
The House Judiciary Committee passed by party-line vote the proposed H.R. 7910: The
“Protecting Our Kids Act” (Agreed to by a roll call vote of 25 Yes (DEM members),
and 19 No (REPUB members). Read draft copy pdf format click here.
The House Judiciary Committee on
Thursday approved a wide-ranging package of gun control legislation as
lawmakers face intense pressure to act in the wake of recent mass shootings.
However, the measure is not expected 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.
After a nearly ten-hour long session during what was originally scheduled as a
recess week, the committee voted 25-19 along party lines (noted above), a procedural step
before the full House votes on the package.
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. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi announced earlier on Thursday that the full House will vote next week on
the bill.
The legislation includes a series of individual bills aimed at
preventing gun violence (see above chart) and below:
1. The measure would raise the
legal age to buy certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles from 18 to 21 years old.
2. It would establish new Federal offenses for gun trafficking and selling large-capacity magazines.
3. It would allow local
governments through a buy back program to compensate individuals who surrender
such magazines.
4. It would create a tax
incentive for retail sales of safe storage devices and criminal penalties for
breaking new requirements regulating firearm storage on residential premises.
5. It would also take steps to
strengthen federal regulations on bump stocks and ghost guns.
House Judiciary Committee
Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) called for the passage of the measures to prevent
gun violence, emphasizing a sense of urgency after what happened in Uvalde and
Buffalo as well as other incidents, saying: “We have to enact strong laws to
protect our people. And if all these mass shootings don't do it, I don't know
what will” adding he was hopeful that this time may be different, but concluding: “I can't
speak for the Senate. I hope they do the right thing.”
Most legislation requires 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and pass in the Senate and Democrats only control 50 seats.
At least 10 Republicans would need to vote with Democrats to
pass new gun laws as a result, an unlikely prospect. That deep partisan divide
over the issue was clear during the Committee’s markup as Republicans objected 100%
to the legislative package of gun control measures.
Article continues here and also at my post that follows this one.
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My 2 Cents: I hope all DEMS will stick together and at least 10
brave Republicans will stand with them and the vast majority of the public who
wants this kind of bill passed to help stop the gun madness and horrible
violence by doing the right thing.
Positive, common sense gun policy is long overdue and we need to end this gun madness now without infringing on 2nd Amendment rights, which this bill does not.
Thanks for stopping
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