In the wake of another deadly school shooting, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), who is at the forefront of gun control legislation in Congress, has again called for action from lawmakers that could reduce the risk of future tragedies involving assault weapons.
, has again called for action from federal lawmakers that could help reduce the risks of future tragedies involving assault weapons.
While Murphy acknowledged during an appearance on"Face the Nation" Sunday morning that"there are not the votes" in the U.S. Senate as it stands to pass an assault weapons ban, which President Joe BidenUvalde , I want to ban assault weapons. I think it's just absolutely unconscionable that we allow these weapons of war to be in commercial circulation," Murphy said.
"But there's not the votes to do that. So, what are there the votes to do? Let's explore the potential of what's possible," the senator continued."And so what if we said before you get an AR-15, you have to show that you are responsible, that you know how to operate it, what if we applied background checks universally, simply to the purchase of those weapons?"
Murphy said that while he ultimately wants assault-style weapons"off the street," he also believes that"we'd be a safer nation if we required just a little bit of training before you bought the most dangerous weapons commercially available.", a private Christian school attached to a church in Nashville, Tennessee, that teaches students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 6th grade.
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