Assault weapon
Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor and even Republicans are close to evenly split in a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.
Congressman Mike Turner represents Dayton, where a heavily armed gunman killed at least nine people and injured 27 others.
The Pennsylvania senator told Fox News that banning the military-style weapons would infringe on the rights of law-abiding citizens.
The California senator and presidential candidate said she would go after such firearms, which have been used in many mass shootings around the U.S.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Jewish students and leaders are urging Congress to ban the sale and purchase of weapons like the AR-15 assault rifle after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
“I do this as a gun owner and a proud supporter of the Second Amendment," Sen. Mark Warner wrote.
The group calls for banning sales and possession of all assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Opponents to the measure have vowed to challenge the ban in court.
The gun group has worked to "perpetuate the culture of violence that we have in our country," the congresswoman said.
A U.S. District Judge ruled that assault weapons covered by the 1998 law fall outside the scope of the Second Amendment.