I think that if the democrats push for gun control , we may have a big problem. What I have read and heard is the making "ASSAULT" weapons illegal, but that term would include ALL semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and pistols, and how I understand it, would even include .22 caliber guns. This would be a HUGE mistake because it would make millions of people..."INSTANT CRIMINALS". Do they really think U.S. citizens are that STUPID ?? I know, for myself, there are a few (actuall all) I own, that won't be given up...!!

Armed with new power, Democrats push for stricter gun laws

By Joseph Ax  Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers are pushing stricter gun laws in statehouses across the country, emboldened by sweeping electoral victories in 2018 and confident that public opinion is on their side a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Last year's wins handed Democrats control of the governorship and legislature in several more states, including New Mexico, New York, Colorado, Maine and Nevada, and lawmakers are using their new power to draft or pass gun laws.

In Colorado, Tom Sullivan spent years urging lawmakers to tackle gun violence after his 27-year-old son, Alex, was killed in the 2012 movie theater shooting there.

Now Sullivan is helping write those bills after winning a state Assembly seat, part of a Democratic wave in November that gave the party full control of Colorado's government for the first time in five years.

"People are standing up and having their voices heard," said Sullivan, who wears his son's leather jacket to the capitol. "Now they have to see me every single day."

Polls show Americans favor tougher gun laws after decades of mass shootings, including the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and staff members. But the political might of the National Rifle Association – and its deep coffers – made supporting gun restrictions a risky proposition for many officials.

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