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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The House passed a wide-ranging gun control bill Wednesday in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of mor
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e than 15 rounds.The legislation passed by a mostly party-line vote of 223-204. It has almost no chance of becoming law as the Senate pursues negotiations focused on improving mental health programs, bolstering school security and enhancing background checks. But the House bill does allow Democratic lawmakers a chance to frame for voters in November where they stand on policies that polls show are widely supported.READ MORE: Support for gun rights has eroded after nearly a decade of mass shootings, poll showsWe can ;t save every life, but my God, shouldn ;t we try America we hear you and today in the House we are taking the action you are demanding, said Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. Take note of who is with you and who is not.The push comes after a House committee heard wrenching tes
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday to close the courthouse door on the parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot dead over the border by an American agent.The court five conservative justices held that the parents could not use American courts to sue Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa Jr., who killed their unarmed 15-year-old son in 2010.Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court that the case is tragic, but that strong border security and international relations issues led to the ruling against the parents of Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca. Since regulating the conduct of agents at the border unquestionably has national security implications, the risk of undermining border security provides reasons to hesitate about allowing the parents to sue in American courts, Alito wrote.Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for her liberal colleagues, disagreed, saying the parents ; lawsuit does not endanger border security or U.S. foreign policy.Tuesday outcome also is certain to doom a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager kil
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