VP Harris pushes for a ban on assault weapons
Some semi-automatic guns are “specifically engineered” to kill people. Harris visited Highland Park, Illinois, where a man opened fire on a Fourth of July parade. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004. Sunday, VP Harris advocated for a federal assault weapons ban. Some semi-automatic guns are “specifically engineered” to kill people, she claimed. Harris discussed her travel to Highland Park, Illinois, last week, where a man with a semi-automatic weapon opened fire on a Fourth of July parade, killing 7 and wounding 46. “You can’t deny the truth of what gun violence causes to a community” Harris said mass shootings are happening “because these weapons are available, and we must stop enabling citizens in towns that are not a combat zone to have access to these weapons.” She said assault rifles however meant to murd