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Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on Friday introduced a bill that would allow law enforcement officers to block people who they determine are a danger to themselves or others from buying gun silencers and machine guns.

The freshman from northern Virginia filed the legislation in response to the May 31 shooting in Virginia Beachthat killed 12 people. The shooter’s use of a silencer brought national attention to the devices.

“As we saw in Virginia Beach, silencers in the wrong hands pose a serious safety risk to the public,” Wexton said in a statement. “No one knows their local communities better than law enforcement. And no one is better suited to determine if an individual should have access to a dangerous accessory, like a silencer, than the men and women who protect us every day.”
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Co-sponsors of the bill include Reps. Gerry Connolly and Don Beyer (both Va.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s nonvoting representative — all Democrats.

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