Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to pass gun-control legislation following a shooting at a Colorado supermarket that reportedly left at least 10 people dead on Monday, and a separate shooting at an Atlanta-area spa left eight dead last week. Gun rights groups have warned that Democratic lawmakers’ bills could potentially turn millions of law-abiding gun owners into criminals. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) called on Congress to pass legislation in the wake of the shooting in their home state. “It’s long past time for Congress to take meaningful action to keep deadly weapons out of the wrong hands,” Bennet said in a statement Monday. And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that Congress must pass legislation following the shootings. “For the second time in a week, our nation is being confronted by the epidemic of gun violence,” she said in a statement. “Too many families …
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