Schumer: ‘We Already Have a Decades Worth of Proof that a Ban on Military-Style Assault Weapons Works and Saves Lives’

Schumer All right Thank ░░░░░░░░ OK Mr President I ░░░░░░░░ just heard Unfortunately our ░░░░░░░░ from Wyoming object Here ░░░░░░░░ the facts The scourge ░░░░░░░░ gun violence in America ░░░░░░░░ a national crisis The ░░░░░░░░ people are sick and ░░░░░░░░ of enduring one mass ░░░░░░░░ after another They re ░░░░░░░░ and tired of vigils ░░░░░░░░ moments of silence for ░░░░░░░░ friends classmates co workers ░░░░░░░░ Democrats are moving to ░░░░░░░░ have moved to pass ░░░░░░░░ assault weapons ban to ░░░░░░░░ rid our streets these ░░░░░░░░ weapons I want to ░░░░░░░░ my colleagues who support ░░░░░░░░ measure particularly Senator Durbin ░░░░░░░░ of the Judiciary Committee ░░░░░░░░ well as Senators Murphy ░░░░░░░░ Blumenthal and Warnock who ░░░░░░░░ today s efforts with ░░░░░░░░ We already have a ░░░░░░░░ worth of proof that ░░░░░░░░ ban on military style ░░░░░░░░ works and saves lives ░░░░░░░░ and simple After I ░░░░░░░░ the passage of the ░░░░░░░░ Weapons Ban I carried ░░░░░░░░ bill in the House ░░░░░░░░ a congressman alongside our ░░░░░░░░ colleague Senator Feinstein who ░░░░░░░░ it in the Senate ░░░░░░░░ happened America saw a ░░░░░░░░ decrease in mass shootings ░░░░░░░░ in gun deaths a ░░░░░░░░ Unsurprisingly when that band ░░░░░░░░ there was a sudden ░░░░░░░░ dramatic spike in mass ░░░░░░░░ and deaths from those ░░░░░░░░ We must change that ░░░░░░░░ still feel the unquenchable ░░░░░░░░ of the families of ░░░░░░░░ Hook where 11 years ░░░░░░░░ next week 26 innocent ░░░░░░░░ were cut short by ░░░░░░░░ automatic weapon I still ░░░░░░░░ the pictures of those ░░░░░░░░ children And I still ░░░░░░░░ because I speak to ░░░░░░░░ all fairly recently the ░░░░░░░░ who have a hole ░░░░░░░░ their hearts forever because ░░░░░░░░ madmen with an assault ░░░░░░░░ was able to kill ░░░░░░░░ of them one after ░░░░░░░░ other We still feel ░░░░░░░░ agony of places like ░░░░░░░░ where a year and ░░░░░░░░ half ago a gunman ░░░░░░░░ 10 people in cold ░░░░░░░░ at a Tops grocery ░░░░░░░░ I was at that ░░░░░░░░ store a few days ░░░░░░░░ I still feel their ░░░░░░░░ We feel the pain ░░░░░░░░ Uvalde Las Vegas Orlando ░░░░░░░░ Paso the list sadly ░░░░░░░░ on and on and ░░░░░░░░ And we also take ░░░░░░░░ today because of tragedies ░░░░░░░░