American Federation of Teachers President’s Statement on Exclusion of Assault Weapons Ban from Senate Gun Violence Prevention Bill

by Gary Kopycinski on March 20, 2013

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Washington–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten released the following statement on the decision to omit the proposed ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines from the gun violence prevention legislation moving through the Senate.