(EFE).- The United States’ Democrat-led Lower House on Wednesday passed legislation to tighten gun laws after the recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, although it is expected that it will fail in the Senate.
The bill contains the toughest gun control measures the House has passed in decades.
The Protecting Our Kids Act proposes raising the age at which semi-automatic rifles can be purchased from 18 to 21, and bans large-capacity magazines. Both 18-year-old shooters in Uvalde and Buffalo carried AR-15 style assault rifles.
It also proposes measures to regulate home-assembled weapons, known as “ghost guns” because they lack serial numbers and are often used in shootings.
The act was approved with 223 votes in favor and 204 against. Five Republicans broke with their party and endorsed the measure, while two Democrats voted against.
Wednesday’s debate in the House was marked by passionate speeches by Democratic lawmakers such as Sheila Jackson Lee, who considered that this was a historic moment to end armed violence.
In the chamber, some legislators wore orange ties, the color that has been adopted as a symbol of safety as it is associated with hunting clothes, road safety markers and caution signs.
The House of Representatives will also vote Wednesday night on a second bill known as the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act.
This legislation seeks to extend to the entire country the so-called red flag laws that have been approved by around 20 states such as California, New York and Florida and that allow the activation of a legal procedure to confiscate the firearms of those who are thought to present a danger to themselves or others.
The votes take place after a committee of the Lower House heard Wednesday the testimonies of survivors of the Uvalde school shooting, in which 19 students and two teachers died, as well as those of the attack in a Buffalo supermarket, which claimed the lives of 10 African-Americans and is being investigated as a hate crime.
Among the witnesses at the hearing was Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old girl who survived the shooting in Uvalde and who described to lawmakers the nightmare of that day, when she smeared herself with a friend’s blood to play dead and save her own life.
“I don’t want it to happen again,” she said, and when he asked her what she wanted, she said: “To have security.”
It is quite possible that neither of the two House initiatives will even be debated in the Senate, since Republicans have the power to block legislation with a filibuster.
In the Senate, a group of Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a more moderate bill with provisions to increase background checks and limit the sale of the components of some guns, a minimum proposal on which they hope to reach an agreement before for the week to end. EFE
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do not cave to the emotional left gop.
shall not be infringed!!
TO THEM, that is just a suggestion to be ignored for political sake.
Nancy passes House gun control bill,,,which breaks the all-time record for a sitting Speaker of the House passing nonsence bills that have no chance of ever passing in the Senate. What a waste of human life force. She would have better spent her time controlling her party’s male out of control impregnating Love Guns and the divisive abortion issue would become a non issue. Obviously Division works for Democrats, and only a party of criminals would seek to limit the gunrights of honest Americans. Her legacy as Speaker will be to mask up the criminals and disarm the honeswt citizens so only members of her crime party will have the power of life and death both within and without the womb.
IF i had the power, PASSING ANY LAW that the left KNOWS IS unconstitutional, would be IMMEDIATE GROUNDS for being stripped of citizenship, and EXILED FROM THIS NATION with only one bag of clothing.
Nancy Pelosi shouldn’t be In Charge of anything since she doesn’t even follow the Laws of her own religion Against ” ABORTION. ” And is Pro-Abortion as are many of the democrats. As Far as Gun Control This Quote speaks to this, ” He Who Would Trade Liberty for Some Temporary Security deserves Neither Liberty nor Security.” Author Unknow
Tell Nancy we will Compromise you raise the age to purchase guns to 21then raise the voting age to 21. We also want a 3 strikes gun law. Let’s see if Nancy is really wanting guns laws ?? The 3 strikes law should also apply to Juveniles too many Juveniles are using guns to carjack cars.
Hell, mandate backround checks to REGISTER to vote. Mandate safety courses/tests, before someone CAN go vote, and VOTER ID!
APPLY the same rules for voting, as the left wants on guns!
Response To “ltuser ” The Democrat elite Say, Your talkin ‘ Common Sense here! We will Have None Of It Here. We don’t Want To hear It, The Democrats Say.
If I were IN Joe Biden’s and Nancy Pelosi’s Shoes Right Now, I Would Worry Because the Democrat Party Is Getting Ready to Throw You Under the Bus.