House passes huge gun control bill. Now on to the Senate, where none of them are even talking about what the House passed.
House passes package of gun control bills
The House on Wednesday voted 223-204 to pass a package of gun control bills that were introduced in the wake of the deadly shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
Driving the news: The omnibus legislation was dubbed the “Protecting Our Kids Act” and is unlikely to get 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.
- The bills would raise the legal purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of large-capacity magazines, among other provisions.
- It would also establish requirements to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises and create criminal penalties for violations.
What to watch: With the House action all but certain to fail in the Senate, a bipartisan group of senators is instead focused on crafting a gun control deal that can pass the chamber — even if it means compromising…..