{"id":1576595,"date":"2022-07-28T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576595"},"modified":"2022-07-28T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T15:48:21","slug":"house-democrats-push-gun-manufacturers-to-end-sale-of-assault-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-push-gun-manufacturers-to-end-sale-of-assault-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats Push Gun Manufacturers to End Sale of \u2018Assault Weapons\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-push-gun-manufacturers-to-end-sale-of-assault-weapons%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=1576595&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>During a July 27 hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-democrats\">Democrats<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-house-oversight-committee\">House Oversight Committee<\/a> pushed top U.S. gun manufacturers to end the sale of so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d in the wake of a spurt of gun violence across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing\u2014coming in the wake of two deadly shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York\u2014featured testimony from chief executives at two gun manufacturing firms.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) set the tone for Democrats at the hearing in her opening statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gun industry has flooded our neighborhoods, our schools, even our churches and synagogues, and gotten rich doing it,\u201d Maloney said.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Democrats pressed\u00a0Christopher Killoy, president and CEO of Sturm, Ruger &#038; Co., and\u00a0Marty Daniel, CEO of Daniel Defense, to commit to ending the sale of so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d a term with a much-debated meaning that critics have described as an undefined catchall term.<\/p>\n<p>Killoy and Daniel, for their parts, defended the industry, shrugging off Democrats\u2019 accusations that they were responsible for the tragedies in Uvalde and Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA firearm, any firearm, can be used for good or evil,\u201d Killoy said. \u201cThe difference is in the intent of the individual possessing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Killoy added that blaming an \u201cinanimate object\u201d like a firearm for actions committed by a person is a thinly veiled attempt to deprive law-abiding American citizens of their Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe firmly believe that it is wrong to deprive citizens of their constitutional right to purchase a lawful firearm they desire because of the criminal acts of wicked people,\u201d Killoy said. \u201cA firearm, any firearm, can be used for good or for evil. The difference is in the intent of the individual possessing it, which we respectfully submit should be the focus of any investigation into the root causes of criminal violence involving firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel struck the same<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a July 27 hearing, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee pushed top U.S. gun manufacturers to end the sale of so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d in the wake of a spurt of gun violence across the nation. 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