The House on Wednesday voted 223-204 to pass a package of gun control bills that were introduced in the wake of the deadly shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
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Driving the news: The omnibus legislation was dubbed the “Protecting Our Kids Act” and is unlikely to get 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.
The bills would raise the legal purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of large-capacity magazines, among other provisions.
It would also establish requirements to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises and create criminal penalties for violations.
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