...But Republican leadership has prevented these bills from even coming to the House floor for a vote. In this session of Congress alone, Republican leadership has refused to vote on dozens of bills including:
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No one gun law will prevent every shooting in our country, but there are actions we can take to reduce gun violence and save lives. As this epidemic of gun violence has progressed, many members of Congress have introduced legislation that would keep Americans safer....
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The Keep Americans Safe Act would prohibit large-capacity magazines like the ones used in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It is endorsed by law enforcement organizations like the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
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The Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act would ban the sale or possession of bump stocks like those used by the shooter in the Las Vegas attack last fall. These devices effectively turn semi-automatic rifles into automatic weapons.
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The Gun Trafficking Prevention Act would make it easier for federal law enforcement to go after people who buy guns for those who are prohibited from buying guns by making such purchases a felony offense.
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The Handgun Trigger Safety Act would authorize grants for the development of new technology that allows only an authorized user to fire a handgun. The legislation would also require that newly manufactured handguns include this technology.
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The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act would require purchases at gun shows to be subject to the same background checks that are required at gun stores.
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The Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention would investigate causes of mass shootings, the background check system, closing loopholes that give domestic abusers access to firearms, and the implementation of gun violence prevention laws, while respecting the 2nd Amendment.
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We cannot wait for another tragedy at a school or a church or an office to act. We must vote on these bills so members of Congress can be held accountable and, hopefully, create new laws that will keep our children and our loved ones safe from gun violence.
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Except from teriorist and illegal's coming across the border's, chain migration and visa lottery
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Have you looked at the majority of the perpetrators of mass shootings in the US? Native born white dudes.
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