Rep. Raskin Asks Congress to ‘Find the Courage’ to Ban AR-15s
- July 22, 2024
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During Monday’s House Oversight Committee hearing regarding the U.S. Secret Service, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) urged his congressional colleagues to “find the courage” to ban AR-15 rifles.
He pushed universal background checks and repeated the Democrats’ decades long push to close the so-called gunshow loophole, even though the AR-15 used in the failed Trump assassination was “ legally purchased .” (When law enforcement speaks of a gun being purchased “legally” it means a purchaser passed a background check to acquire the firearm at retail.
Nevertheless, Raskin wants more background checks in the wake of the failed assassination attempt.