McCarthy Plans New Gun Control Bill in Wake of Arizona Shooting

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Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 19 other people were gunned down at an Arizona Town Hall-style meeting. Now democrats are planning more gun control.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 19 other people were gunned down at an Arizona Town Hall-style meeting. Now democrats are planning more gun control.

Democratic Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York plans to introduce legislation in the coming days that would limit access to the type of weaponry used to gun down Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and 19 other people.

Giffords remains in critical condition after 22-year-old alleged gunman Jared Loughner open fired at a town hall-style meeting at a Tuscon grocery store on Saturday. Twenty people were shot and six were killed. The shocking incident prompted the House of Representatives to call off this week's planned business and has spurred some lawmakers to propose some new laws related to the shooting, including McCarthy's proposals.

McCarthy today will officially announce she is working on a bill targeting the high-capacity ammunition clips the gunman allegedly used in the shooting, as Politico first reported.

“My staff is working on looking at the different legislation fixes that we might be able to do and we might be able to introduce as early as tomorrow,” she told Politico.

The congresswoman plans to discuss the legislation this week with Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, her staff confirms to CBSNews.com.

“We need to look at how this is going to work, to protect people, certainly citizens, and we have to look at what I can pass,” McCarthy said. “I don't want to give the NRA – excuse the pun – the ammunition to come at me either.” Read more

Source: abcnews.com


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