CSPAN U.S. House Of Representatives Assault Weapons Ban Debate July 31, 2022
Step to advance historic gun violence prevention legislation. H. R. 1808, the assault weapons ban act of 2022, restores and updates the prior assault weapons ban that kept weapons of war out of our communities for a decade before republicans opposed its renewal. As we have learned all too well in recent year, assault weapons, especially when combined with high capacity magazine are the weapon of choice for Mass Shootings. These militarystyle weapons are designed to kill the most people in the shortest amount of time. Quite simply, there is no place for them in our streets. In 1994 we banned th...