Republicans in the U.S. Senate have shot down Chuck Schumer’s latest attack on the Second Amendment, blocking his attempt to adopt an “assault weapons” ban and universal background checks.
The Hill reported that Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., objected to demands by Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate majority leader, to use unanimous consent to adopt the changes.
Schumer had insisted that what he called the “scourge” of gun violence is a national crisis, and “The American people are sick and tired of enduring one mass shooting after another. They’re sick and tired of vigil and moments of silence for family, friends, classmates, coworkers.”
The plan, originally brought up by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would have outlawed semiautomatic rifles with pistol grips, forward grips and folding or telescoping stocks, all of which are common on weapons for hunting or for self-defense.
It also would have outlawed several other features on weapons.
The Hill reported Barrasso explained to supporting Democrats that their plan would violate the Second Amendment and “deprive law-abiding gun owners of an important liberty,” the report said.
“Americans have a constitutional right to own a firearm. Every day, people across Wyoming responsibly use their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms,” he said. “Democrats are demanding that the American people give up their liberty.”
He also noted that, as often happens, Democrats are trying to ban weapons “because of the way they look.”
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Approved ~ MJM
