Thanks to the leadership of Senators Boxer and Feinstein, legislation to help keep guns out of dangerous hands and make our schools safer passed the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier on Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Times:
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A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive.
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Also on Tuesday, the committee approved a school safety measure by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) by a 14-4 vote. The committee suspended consideration on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) proposal to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines until Thursday; committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said he hoped to complete committee consideration of gun legislation by the end of the week.
It's time for Congress to take action and pass common sense legislation to close loopholes, require universal background checks, improve school safety, and ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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