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WASHINGTONDemocrats say they will pass the most aggressive gun-control legislation in decades when they become the House majority in January, plans they renewed this week in the aftermath of a mass killing in a California bar.
Their efforts will be spurred by an incoming class of pro-gun-control lawmakers who scored big in Tuesdays midterm elections, although any measure would likely meet stiff resistance in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Democrats ousted at least 15 House Republicans with A National Rifle Association ratings, while the candidates elected to replace them all scored an F NRA rating.
This new majority is not going to be afraid of our shadow, said Mike Thompson, a California Democrat who is chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. We know that weve been elected to do a job, and were going to do it.
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CaliforniaPeggy
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(268,664 posts)Their nationwide campaign was magnificent.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,515 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)When lawmakers know that the voters have their back against a terrorist organization like the NRA, let's see what happens with legislation for the reasonable regulation of firearms.
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(100,028 posts)Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)are not as popular as the NRA thought?
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