Congressional chambers approach new gun laws differently

Multiple mass shootings in recent weeks have led to calls for Congress to act on gun reforms, with both chambers taking different approaches on how to address the problem legislatively.

Following the May 14 shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that left 10 dead, the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre on May 24 that resulted in the death of 19 children and two teachers, and the five killed in a shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical facility on June 1, Democrats in the lower chamber are pushing for substantial policy changes that are likely to be met with pushback in the Senate. 

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) announced a recess-week markup on eight gun-related bills, dubbed collectively by Democrats as the ​"Protecting Our Kids Act,” that include language to up the age limit to buy certain semi-automatic rifles to 21 and ban the “import, sale, manufacture, and possession of large-capacity magazines.”