U.S. Rep Annie Kuster

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster (NH-02) voted for the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021, legislation she helped to introduce last year. This legislation would prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. This bill enacts similar protections as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, which was enacted in 1994 and expired in 2004. While the bill was in effect, the number of injuries and deaths from mass public shootings in America reduced significantly.

“Families in New Hampshire and across the country should be able to go to schools, houses of worship, grocery stores, or anywhere in our communities without fear of mass shootings and gun violence,” said Rep. Kuster. “We can and must prevent gun violence while protecting the rights of responsible gun owners. Weapons of war have no place in our communities. I was proud to help introduce the Assault Weapons Ban of 2021 to protect Americans in the Granite State and across the country from mass shootings and prevent future tragedies. I hear from my constituents every single day that they want Congress to take action to protect our communities from gun violence – and that is exactly what the House is working to do by passing this bill.”

The bill takes important steps to protect Americans from gun violence and would make it unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, or transfer the following:

• All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one of the following military features:

(1) pistol grip; (2) forward grip; (3) folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; (4) grenade launcher; (5) barrel shroud, or (6) threaded barrel.

• All semiautomatic rifles that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.

Bump fire stocks and any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun.

• All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one of the following military features:

(1) threaded barrel (2) second pistol grip (3) barrel shroud (4) capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip (5) semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

• All semiautomatic shotguns that have at least one of the following:

(1) a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock (2) pistol grip (3) fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds (4) ability to accept a detachable magazine (5) forward grip (6) grenade launcher (7) shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

• High capacity magazines capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.