{"id":1496259,"date":"2022-05-29T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496259"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:44:53","slug":"gop-rep-jacobs-says-hed-vote-for-assault-weapons-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-jacobs-says-hed-vote-for-assault-weapons-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Jacobs Says He\u2019d Vote for Assault Weapons Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-jacobs-says-hed-vote-for-assault-weapons-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Republican U.S. congressman on May 27 said he would vote for a ban of so-called assault weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be completely transparent of where I am in Congress,\u201d said Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.). \u201cIf an assault weapons ban bill came to the floor that would ban something like an AR-15, I would vote for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats for years have tried getting such a ban reimposed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act included a ban on some semi-automatic guns, which it defined as assault weapons. But the ban expired in 2004 after 10 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4497774\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/28\/rep-jacobs-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4497774\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/05\/28\/rep-jacobs.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Rep. Chris Jacobs (R) speaks in Washington on July 21, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Following several recent mass shootings, a number of Democrats renewed calls to pass a similar ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pass common sense policies like an assault weapons ban to stop these attacks,\u201d Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot Congress can do to prevent mass shootings: assault weapon bans, better background checks, high-capacity magazine bans,\u201d added Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have largely said that they oppose such a broad move, though some are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/mcconnell-other-republicans-consider-concessions-to-democrats-on-gun-legislation_4493929.html\">considering making compromises with Democrats<\/a> to pass gun-related legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of I think what some of us are still looking at is: is there a way to identify these individuals that have this propensity [to carry out the shootings]?\u201d Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told reporters this week.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs said that he is supportive of a range of ideas, including proposals that would limit the size of magazines that people can obtain and increase the age one must be to buy AR-15-style guns from 18 to 21. He also plans to write a bill that would ban civilians from buying body armor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speaking out because I think that it\u2019s something we need to discuss because I can\u2019t in good conscience sit back and say I didn\u2019t try to do something,\u201d said Jacobs, who currently represents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nyc\">New York<\/a>\u2019s 27th Congressional District and is running for another term in the newly redrawn 23rd Congressional District. Jacobs acknowledged that speaking out for reforms largely supported by Democrats could harm his chances of winning reelection, though he does not yet have a Republican challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) is among the GOP members who say more restrictions on gun ownership won\u2019t necessarily solve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pass strict gun laws, people are still going to do this because we\u2019re not addressing underlying problems that are causing people to be so deranged and so unstable that they\u2019re even able to conceive these things,\u201d Tenney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/congresswoman-tenney-says-defund-demoralizing-police-movement-is-one-contributing-factor-of-recent-mass-shootings\">told WKBW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jacobs and Tenney voted against H.R. 8, which would expand background checks. The Senate has not yet voted on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), running for governor, said at the briefing with Jacobs that he supports improving school safety and adding armed officers, but does not support a bill pushed by Gov. Kathy Hochul that would increase the age to purchase an AR-15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw-abiding citizens would follow the law but if you\u2019re seeking to carry out a crime with a firearm, you\u2019re not going to be looking to honor \u2026 the [law],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-zachary-stieber\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/WEB_ZacharyStieber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Stieber\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Stieber covers U.S. and world news. 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