U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., joined by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks at a press conference introducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California leads Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla of California, and Democratic Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, in pushing the measure in the Senate, according to a Schiff news release. It also names 37 other Senate Democrats as cosponsors.
There are more than 100 original co-sponsors of the measure in the House, according to Rep. Lucy McBath's, D-Ga. news release.
The measure will almost certainly fail to advance through either GOP-controlled congressional chamber.
Many Americans oppose such legislation, contending that it would represent an unconstitutional infringement on gun rights protected by the Second Amendment.
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BIDEN ADMIN ‘GHOST GUN’ REGULATION
U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks at a press conference introducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 on April 30, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter joined together in a May 1994 message in which they urged the House to "support for a ban on the domestic manufacture of military-style assault weapons," calling it "a matter of vital importance to the public safety," according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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