The Assault Weapon Ban prohibits gun used in recent Monterey Park shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and 32 Democratic colleagues in reintroducing legislation to regulate assault weapons.
The Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 would ban the sale, transfer, manufacture, and import of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and other high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. This includes the gun used by a shooter on January 22 to kill 11 people and injure 9 more at a Lunar New Year’s celebration in Monterey Park, CA.
“Communities throughout our country and the Commonwealth of Virginia have experienced the pain brought on by gun violence time and time again,” the Senators said. “While this legislation will not prevent every senseless act of gun violence, it is a reasonable step that will take high-capacity weapons off the street.”
Specifically the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 would:
Exemptions include:
Joining Sens. Warner, Kaine, Feinstein, Blumenthal, and Murphy in introducing this legislation are Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ed Markey (D-MA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brain Schatz (D-HI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Sens. Warner and Kaine have been active supporters of increased gun violence prevention measures in response to frequent mass shootings across the country. Last year, the senators voted in favor of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – landmark legislation to curb gun violence.
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