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Senate Panel Advances Assault Weapons Ban

HeadlineMar 15, 2013

The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced an assault weapons ban to the Senate floor, where it will likely die due to opposition from Republicans and some Democrats. The bill would ban magazines of more than 10 rounds and stop the manufacture of 157 specific gun models. More than half of mass shooters in the United States have used weapons that would be banned under the bill, according to Mother Jones.

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