NEW: House to take up assault weapons ban next week
The committee will meet on Wednesday to markup the bill, which is being called the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2021" and would "ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons.
""Over the past several decades, our country has witnessed senseless killing after senseless kill and each time one fact has remained remarkably consistent—the weapon of choice for mass slaughter is a high-powered assault weapon," Rep. Jerry Nadler said in a statement.The bill does not call for the removal or confiscation of any covered weapon that any American currently owns, Punchbowl notes.
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