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Assault weapons ban dropped from gun bill
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Mar 19, 2013 06:21pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Ed O’Keefe and Philip Rucker |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 08:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid on Tuesday declared politically dead the effort to ban military-style assault weapons, a setback for President Obama and gun-control advocates who are pushing the Senate to move quickly on bills to limit gun violence.
Reid (D-Nev.) is preparing to move ahead with debate on a series of gun-control proposals when the Senate returns from a two-week Easter recess in early April. Although he has vowed to hold votes on measures introduced after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December, Reid told reporters Tuesday that the proposed assault-weapons ban isn’t holding up against Senate rules that require at least 60 votes to end debate and move to final passage. |
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