Current and likely 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls reiterated support for gun rights and looser restrictions at the annual NRA convention, rejecting Democratic calls to ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines
. But lawmakers quickly tamped down already low expectations for any new legislation.
than any year since 1999. Nearly half of parents fear their children getting shot, according to Pew Research Center. “President Biden believes our children and educators deserve to learn and teach in safety, and we need common sense gun safety laws to keep dangerous guns out of dangerous hands,” read a White House statement.
“I’ve been frustrated for many years here in the Senate, we don’t vote on issues. To me, an assault-weapon ban is common sense,” Sen. Ben Cardin said recently.Jerry Mennenga/Zuma Press
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