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As a military specialist explained on Irish radio in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting, the semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle is a merciless weapon in a combat setting, capable of penetrating walls and hitting targets hundreds of yards away. Plainly, then, not a weapon that belongs on America's streets, as Mass. Congressman Seth Moulton, a former active-duty Marine in Iraq, has pointed out.
SALEM — After participating in a daylong sit-in on the House floor last week with other Democrats pushing for a vote on gun reforms, Salem Congressman Seth Moulton on Friday helped introduce a bipartisan bill he and others said would prevent suspected terrorists on "No-Fly" lists from buying guns.
The bill was introduced less than two weeks after the worst mass shooting in modern American history in Orlando, Florida, and after a string of high-profile mass shootings in recent years, including one that left 14 dead in San Bernardino, California.
One of the great myths of the 2016 presidential primaries was that Republicans had an uncommonly dazzling breadth and depth of young contenders.\
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If that’s so, why is their presumptive nominee a 70-year-old, Donald Trump?\
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A related canard was that the showdown between Hillary Clinton, 68, and Bernie Sanders, 74, underscored how little youthful energy the Democratic Party possessed.\
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Moulton: "This bipartisan bill will help to keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists and those who seek to do our country harm."
Land of the free? Home of the brave?\
Our country has a remarkable legacy. As “students of history” (actually a teacher and a student), we have relived a storied record — independence, abolition of slavery, invention, defeat of the Nazis, civil rights, and the moon landing.
Members of Massachusetts’ all-Democratic U.S. House delegation are among those refusing to leave the U.S. House floor until they secure a vote on gun control measures. Members of the state’s delegation participating in the sit-in Wednesday afternoon included Reps. Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Joe Kennedy, Richard Neal, James McGovern, Niki Tsongas, William Keating and Seth Moulton. The state’s two Democratic U.S. senators - Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey - trekked to the House to join the protest.
Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, Mass., joined other Democrats in a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday to demand a vote on new gun control measures. Moulton, a four-tour Marine Corps Iraq War veteran, has been outspoken about the lack of action in Congress concerning what he calls common-sense gun reforms. "Inspiring to be with so many Members of Congress at a sit-in on the House Floor demanding action on gun violence," tweeted Moulton around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.