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The Judicial Committee of the House will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to draft a comprehensive arms control package.
Democrats are currently pushing a series of eight bills aimed at suppressing gun ownership, collectively known as the “Child Protection Act,” Fox News confirmed.
The bills contain proposals that raise the minimum age for buying a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21, a ban on “high-capacity magazines,” a record of reduced stocks, and more.
The House will vote on some form of the package when they return to the session next week.
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The House package is expected to go nowhere in the Senate and is seen more as a spectacular vote as a bipartisan group of senators tries to agree on a bill that could be passed by the Senate.
Law enforcement and other rescuers gather outside Robb Elementary School after a shooting on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (AP / Dario Lopez-Mills)
The gun control package is a direct response to the massacre in Uvalde, Texas: the elementary school shooting last week that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Uvalde’s shooting came immediately after an independent massacre in Buffalo, New York.
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Viewer Watching Police Investigate After Supermarket Shootout Saturday, May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, New York (AP Photo / Joshua Bessex)
The two shootings have shaken the nation and left lawmakers and citizens desperate to take steps to prevent further violence.
Democrats have turned gunfire into a point of contention in the arms control debate, demanding immediate action to ban semi-automatic rifles and even pistols.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks at a press conference on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Biden faced a new round of reaction on Twitter for his comments on 9mm gun and ammunition control legislation on Memorial Day.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Biden spoke about his efforts to work on it arms control legislation with Republicans in Congress after the deadly shooting at Uvalde School. Although Biden admitted that his executive options are limited, he suggested that 9mm bullets have no “rational basis” for using them for self-defense.
“The 22-caliber bullet will be lodged in the lungs and we can remove it. A 9 mm bullet expels the lung from the body. The idea of a high-caliber weapon simply has no rational basis in terms of self-esteem. “Protection, hunting,” Biden said.