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The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings…

The House is preparing to vote Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years.

The legislation is likely to stall in the Senate, and Republicans have dismissed it as an election-year strategy by Democrats.

High-powered firearms are now widely blamed for recent mass shootings.

Responding to a string of mass shootings, a divided House passed a ban on certain semiautomatic rifles Friday, moving over the near-unanimous opposition of Republicans to reinstate a prohibition that expired nearly two decades ago.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House passed legislation Friday to revives a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the

The bill would make it unlawful to import, sell or manufacture a long list of semi-automatic weapons. It exempts those already in possession.

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

The high-powered firearms are now widely blamed as the weapon of choice among young men responsible for many of the most devastating mass shootings. Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of the weapons had passed in 1994, but were allowed to expire a decade later,

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootingsripping through communities nationwide.