December 28, 2012

House Dems Will Seek to Ban High-Capacity Magazines on Jan. 3

On the first day of the next Congress, January 3, Democrats in the House of Representatives plan to introduce a bill to ban high-capacity gun magazines.

"House Democrats will introduce legislation to ban the production of high-capacity magazines on the first day of the next congressional session, the office of Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo. (Picture), one of the lawmakers sponsoring the bill, told The Huffington Post," reports the liberal website.

"The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act will mirror a failed bill introduced during the 112th Congress. Its authors hope that in the wake of the shooting deaths of 20 first grade students in Newtown, Conn., there will be heightened political urgency to act when it is reintroduced on Jan. 3."  Full Article

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