That legislation would ban high-capacity magazines, raise the age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21, and institute new regulations around gun storage, creating multiple new criminal penalties in the process.
The Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, which passed the House with a 224-202 vote, would allow a judge to prevent someone from purchasing a weapon if the judge decides they are dangerous.
The divide in Congress and the heated battle over gun rights has revived calls among some Democrats to eliminate the filibuster to push the legislation through without the needed 60 votes. President Joe Biden appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s late night TV show Wednesday where he made the case for gun control legislation. He also told the audience to make guns a voting issue come November.
They also pointed to American cities that have strict gun control polices alongside high violent crime. The office of U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., pointed to introduced legislation, the Luke and Alex School Safety Act, which would codify some school safety measures and equip schools nationwide to raise their safety standards. They also pointed to the EAGLES Act, which would task the U.S. Secret Service with paying greater attention to school safety.
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