A hearing on Democrat gun control is scheduled in the Senate Judiciary Committee for Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at 10 a.m.
On March 15, 2021, Breitbart News pointed to the NRA’s warning “Senate insiders” indicated Democrat gun control would “likely” get a Senate hearing next week.
On March 16, 2021, the NRA confirmed what insiders were saying and tweeted:
Currently before the Senate are H.R. 8, H.R. 1446, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) ‘Assault Weapons Ban of 2021.”
H.R. 8 is universal background check legislation, which will criminalize private gun sales.
H.R. 8 passed the Democrat-controlled House on a vote of 227 to 203.
Eight House Republicans voted for this Democrat gun control bill:
- Vern Buchanan of Florida
- Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
- Maria Salazar of Florida
- Andrew Garbarino of New York
- Chris Smith of New Jersey
- Fred Upton of Michigan
- Carlos Gimenez of Florida
- Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
H.R. 1446 is Majority Whip James Clyburn’s (D-SC) bill to expand extended background checks from three business days to ten business days. (And at the end of ten business days, if the background check is not complete, another ten business day extension is given.)
Sen. Feinstein’s “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021” would ban 205 different firearms as well as ammunition magazines that hold more than ten rounds. Feinstein is pushing her bill as a way to fight “domestic terrorism.”
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