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Assault-Weapons Bans Gain Momentum in Democratic-Controlled States
Following mass shootings and political shifts, Democrats feel more confident pushing gun-control measures.
www.wsj.com
“Democrats behind the measures say that the growing anger over mass shootings with AR-15-style rifles, a weakened National Rifle Association, and the emergence of well-funded gun-control groups is behind the shift. State lawmakers have also been bolstered by calls from President Biden to ban such guns.
Gun-rights groups, which are fighting such bans in court with some success, say it is a sign of a more polarized country in which Democrats are comfortable pursuing more strident gun-control measures where they control state legislatures...
National support to reinstate the federal assault-weapons ban, which was in place from 1994 to 2004, has waned in recent years. A Quinnipiac University poll from February found that 48% of registered voters opposed a ban while 47% supported it. In 2018, shortly after the Parkland, Fla., high-school massacre, another Quinnipiac poll found that 67% of Americans favored a federal ban and 29% were against it.”