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In The Wake Of Two U.S. Mass Shootings, West Virginia Senate Committee Advances Four Gun Rights
In The Wake Of Two U.S. Mass Shootings, West Virginia Senate Committee Advances Four Gun Rights ProposalsFollowing two mass shootings in the United States in the past week, a West Virginia Senate committee tackled an agenda focused exclusively on guns.
During a Tuesday meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawmakers advanced four pieces of legislation related to reinforcing the Second Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and other aspects of gun rights.
Last week, a gunman killed eight people — six of whom were women of Asian descent — in and around Atlanta, Georgia. On Monday, 10 people were killed, including a police officer, when a gunman opened fire inside of a Boulder, Colorado grocery store.
President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to act in the wake of those shootings, urging lawmakers to pass bans on automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Read more: https://www.wvpublic.org/government/2021-03-23/in-the-wake-of-two-u-s-mass-shootings-west-virginia-senate-committee-advances-four-gun-rights-proposals