During a July 27 hearing, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee pushed top U.S. gun manufacturers to end the sale of so-called “assault weapons” in the wake of a spurt of gun violence across the nation.
The hearing—coming in the wake of two deadly shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York—featured testimony from chief executives at two gun manufacturing firms.
Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) set the tone for Democrats at the hearing in her opening statement.
“The gun industry has flooded our neighborhoods, our schools, even our churches and synagogues, and gotten rich doing it,” Maloney said….