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    As mass shootings continue, Congress grapples with gun control. Votes may come soon

    WASHINGTON — A congressional committee held an emergency session Thursday to take up a package of gun violence prevention bills, likely setting up votes on the House floor next week. The House Judiciary Committee's Thursday morning session was scheduled in the wake of recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Then Tulsa, Oklahoma, joined the growing list of mass shooting ...
    by Nolan D. McCaskill, Los Angeles Times Jun 02, 2022 4 minutes
    A congressional staffer wears a rifle shaped pin on his suite during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 2, 2022 in Washington, D.C..

    WASHINGTON — A congressional committee held an emergency session Thursday to take up a package of gun violence prevention bills, likely setting up votes on the House floor next week.

    The House Judiciary Committee's Thursday morning session was scheduled in the wake of recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

    Then Tulsa, Oklahoma, joined the growing list of mass shooting sites Wednesday when a gunman opened fire in a medical building, killing four before taking his own life.

    The Uvalde shooting, in which — not long after — has jolted Congress into taking action, even if prospects for passage are dim.

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