House PASSES assault weapons ban with five Dems voting against

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The House Judiciary Committee advanced the assault weapons ban last week, the first time in over 20 years a congressional panel had advanced legislation to outlaw the possession, sale and transfer of assault weapons.
47% : The House passed an assault weapons ban Friday evening looking to give Democrats a last-minute win on their way out the door for August recess.
47% :Democrats had initially planned to move on the assault weapons ban and community safety legislation in tandem, but have now punted a police funding bill down the line.
40% : Congress enacted an assault weapons ban in 1994 which expired a decade later.
35% :Schrader, who lost his Democratic primary to a progressive and won't be returning to Congress, called an assault weapons ban a 'death wish' for Democrats.
34% : Progressives, particularly those in the Congressional Black Caucus, had voiced concerns about police funding legislation that did not have guardrails to steer law enforcement toward more humane behavior.
28% :Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia tore into Higgin's prediction, yelling, 'We will not be threatened with violence and bloodshed because we want reasonable gun control!'
26% :Republican Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana suggested that legislation banning assault-style rifles could result in violence between gun owners and law enforcement agencies who try to confiscate their guns from their homes.
2% : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke out a floor sign advertising AR-15s for children as she urged members to vote in favor of the banA sign advocating for an assault weapons ban hangs in front of a King Soopers grocery store where 10 people died in a mass shooting in late MarchRepublican Rep. Matt Gaetz, Fla., talks with GOP Rep. Mike Johnson, La., during a House Judiciary hearing on an assault weapons banA visual aid behind Committee Chairman Representative Jerry Nadler during the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on an assault weapons banThe bill, which garnered bipartisan support, fell short of what Biden and Democrats have been pushing for, and last Wednesday's Judiciary hearing got heated as chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney demanded gun manufacturers apologize for mass shootings.

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