Lindsey Graham: ‘Majority of Senate would reject’ Biden ‘assault weapons’ ban

Published March 24, 2021 11:13pm ET



South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham predicts most of the Senate will vote to “reject” a so-called “assault weapons” ban after President Joe Biden and other Democratic lawmakers pushed for reform following the deadly Boulder, Colorado, shooting.

“If there were a vote tomorrow to ban ‘assault weapons’ — I’ll make a prediction — a majority of the Senate would reject that vote,” Graham told the Washington Examiner in an interview on Wednesday. “There are Democrats living in red states that cannot vote for an ‘assault weapons’ ban, but every time there’s a tragic shooting in this country, the Left uses it as a reason to grab a gun [from a] lawful gun owner.”

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