2 gun bills head to Senate floor
Harder look at private sales in one
Posted: March 13, 2013 at 5:54 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday passed two measures designed to curb gun violence, and the bills are now headed to the Senate floor for a full vote. The committee postponed a vote on the most contentious measure — a proposed reinstatement of the assault-weapons ban — because its sponsor, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, was not present at the committee’s meeting.
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