Bucking other Texas Democrats, Cuellar and Gonzalez vote against U.S. House bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons
2 years, 7 months ago

Bucking other Texas Democrats, Cuellar and Gonzalez vote against U.S. House bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons

Raw Story  

By Eric Neugeboren, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved the Assault Weapons Ban on Friday, a bill that would impose the first ban in decades on semi-automatic weapons. The bill would ban the importing, manufacturing, selling, transferring or possession of certain types of semi-automatic weapons. Cuellar and Gonzalez, who are in tight reelection races this year, were the only two Texas Democrats to not co-sponsor the semi-automatic weapons ban. “What would do more right now than banning AR-15s would be to ban Democrat thinking in the big cities that’s allowing the crime rates to just explode,” Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler said on the House floor before Friday’s vote.

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House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns
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House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

Associated Press  

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US House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns
2 years, 7 months ago

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NPR  

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