After back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban Buffalo home, Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Jacobs made a decision. If an assault weapons ban came to the House floor, he would support it, he told voters in his conservative congressional district.
Republican New York Rep. Chris Jacobs is not seeking reelection amid backlash over his support for an assault weapons ban. But he s still advocating for regulation on his way out
Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Jacobs has doubled down on his stance on gun control by introducing the Federal Assault Licensing Act, further alienating himself from the GOP.
Republican New York Rep. Chris Jacobs is not seeking reelection amid backlash over his support for an assault weapons ban. But he s still advocating for regulation on his way out