‘Death Wish’: House Democrats May Try To Pass An ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban With GOP SupportMichael Ginsberg
Congressional Reporter
July 20, 2022 11:09 AM ET
Faced with internal opposition, Democratic Party leadership in the House of Representatives may attempt to pass an “assault weapons” ban with support from outgoing Republicans.
Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline introduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 Act in March of that year, although the bill has not yet passed out of the House Judiciary Committee. In practice, the legislation would ban most semi-automatic weapons, including AR-15s. More than 200 Democrats in the lower chamber are co-sponsors of the legislation, but Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a margin of only four votes to pass the legislation.
Two moderate Democrats, Jared Golden of Maine and Henry Cuellar of Texas, have already come out against the legislation, while others facing competitive GOP challengers remain undecided. Golden and outgoing Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader were the only Democrats to vote against the Protecting Our Kids Act, which would prohibit individuals under the age of 21 from possessing semi-automatic rifles.
Other swing-district Democrats are undecided, but unlikely to support the bill. Those include Texas Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader and Arizona Rep. Tom O’Halleran, according to Punchbowl News.
“This is a bill that destroyed the Democrats in 1994. I guess, do we really have a death wish list as Democrats?” Schrader, who lost his primary in May, told Politico.
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