“The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Just sick,” President Biden said after recent mass shootings at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs and a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va.
of ammunition just days after his 18th birthday — have also prompted a reexamination of the ease of obtaining assault weapons.on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, vowed last week to double down on his efforts, including during the lame-duck session of Congress.
On Sunday, Sen. Chris Murphy said that he didn’t think that Democrats have 60 votes in the Senate to overcome a filibuster and push through legislation to renew a ban on assault weapons, which“Does it have 60 votes in the Senate right now? Probably not. But let’s see if we can try to get that number as close to 60 as possible,” Murphy said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Colorado’s red-flag law — which allows authorities to remove guns from a person deemed potentially dangerous — has beensince the shooting at Club Q, with questions about whether the law was properly implemented. Murphy blamed failures on the authorities of the county in which the Club Q shooting happened, and warned that lawmakers should explore withholding federal funds from law enforcement agencies that refuse to implement gun laws.Colorado Gov.
“But if you look at some of the most high-profile mass shootings in the last couple of years, many of those mass shooters bought the weapon just days before carrying out the crime,” he said.
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