United States Democratic Majority Assembly approves initiative to strengthen firearm controls this Wednesday After the grisly attacks in Uvalde (Texas) and Buffalo (New York) It’s very likely that he won’t get ahead in the Senate.. The bill contains the toughest gun control measures the House has passed in decades.
The baptized “Save Our Children” initiative proposes raising the age to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, and bans high-capacity rounds from 18-year-olds in Uvalde and Buffalo. It also proposes measures to regulate homemade weapons known as ‘ghost guns’ (ghost guns) as they do not have a serial number and are responsible for a growing number of shootings. This initial initiative was approved by 223 votes in favor and 204 against. Five Republicans split from their parties to endorse the measure, while two Democrats voted “no”..
The House of Representatives will also vote tonight on a second bill known as the “Federal Excess Risk Protection Orders Act.” This legislation aims to spread so-called ‘hazard warning’ laws (‘Red Flag’) across the country, which have been passed by states such as California, New York and Florida, allowing a legal procedure to be activated. capture weaponry shoot from those who may represent a danger for themselves or others.
The debate in the Lower House was dominated by the impassioned speeches of Democratic legislators like Sheila Jackson Lee, who saw this as a “historic moment” to end the “terrible” problem of gun violence. Standing next to photographs of Uvalde victims and those killed in Buffalo, Jackson nearly shouted, “They shouldn’t have died while I’m standing here with the Uvalde children! they’re dead!” In the chamber, some MPs wore an orange tie, the color that has become a symbol against gun violence because it was worn to avoid being shot by hunters.
The votes will take place this Wednesday after a Lower House committee heard testimony from the victims of the shooting at the Uvalde school that killed 19 students and two teachers, as well as the victims of the alleged attack on a Buffalo supermarket. Ten African-American and racist are being investigated as a crime. Witnesses at the trial included Miah Cerrillo, 11, who survived the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and told lawmakers a nightmare of that day when she had to cover it with the blood of a friend in order to pretend to be dead. .and save lives. “I don’t want it to happen again,” said the little girl, who requested “safety” from Congress, in a video.
Since Democrats have a narrow majority in this House, it is quite possible that neither of the two House initiatives will even be debated in the Senate. A group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate negotiating a more moderate bill With provisions to increase background checks and limit sales of some pistol components, it’s a minimum bid they hope to reach an agreement with before the weekend.