Sen. Manchin Backs Increased Age to Purchase Semiautomatic Weapons

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Republicans have unified equally behind backing legislation to address mental illness issues and enhance school security, but have been hesitant to back any efforts to further restrict gun rights.
56% : In the evenly-divided Senate, most gun control bills are by default doomed to failure due to GOP objections in favor of proposals that respect Second Amendment rights.
39% : Manchin's support comes as various factions of Democrats in both the House and Senate push for sweeping federal legislation to change gun laws in the United States in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
38% : Manchin added that he "wouldn't have a problem on looking at" backing a ban on so-called "assault weapons," a controversial term often loosely-applied by gun control proponents to military-style semiautomatic rifles.

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