Democrat Gun Control Push Persists With Reintroduction Of Assault Weapons Ban

U.S. lawmakers are continuing to advocator for weapon power by pushing an battle weapons prohibition proposal.

"It shall beryllium unlawful for a personification to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, aliases possess, successful aliases affecting interstate aliases overseas commerce, a semiautomatic battle weapon," nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 stipulates — it besides includes nan aforesaid prohibition pertaining to "a ample capacity ammunition feeding device."

But nan measurement would grandfather successful those who presently ain specified items. 

The matter indicates that nan prohibitions "shall not use to nan possession, sale, aliases transportation of immoderate semiautomatic battle limb different lawfully possessed nether Federal rule connected nan day of enactment of nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025" aliases "to nan possession of immoderate ample capacity ammunition feeding instrumentality different lawfully possessed connected aliases earlier nan day of enactment of nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025."

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U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., joined by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks astatine a property convention introducing nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 connected April 30, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California leads Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla of California, and Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, successful pushing nan measurement successful nan Senate, according to a Schiff news release. It besides names 37 different Senate Democrats arsenic cosponsors.

There are much than 100 original co-sponsors of nan measurement successful nan House, according to Rep. Lucy McBath's, D-Ga. news release.

The measurement will almost surely neglect to beforehand done either GOP-controlled legislature chamber.

Many Americans reason specified legislation, contending that it would correspond an unconstitutional infringement connected weapon authorities protected by nan Second Amendment.

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., who mislaid her boy to weapon violence, speaks astatine a property convention introducing nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 connected April 30, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

But during a news convention astir nan legislation, Padilla asserted, "This is not astir nan Second Amendment. This is astir redeeming lives."

The NRA pushed back, declaring successful a station connected X, "Anti-gun lawmakers insist their push to prohibition ‘assault weapons’ isn’t astir nan Second Amendment. Let’s beryllium honorable — that’s precisely what it’s about. And it’s astir disarming law-abiding Americans."

The U.S. antecedently had an battle weapons prohibition successful spot for a decade — it expired connected Sept. 13, 2004, according to a Congressional Research Service report.

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U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks astatine a property convention introducing nan Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 connected April 30, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter joined together successful a May 1994 connection successful which they urged nan House to "support for a prohibition connected nan home manufacture of military-style battle weapons," calling it "a matter of captious value to nan nationalist safety," according to a Los Angeles Times report.