Get assault weapons off the streets.

I’m committed to getting assault weapons off our streets

Clark commits to getting assault weapons off the streets as part of her gun safety agenda.

Gun Safety | Congresswoman Katherine Clark
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

Clark's official issue page says she is committed to getting assault weapons off the streets, along with universal background checks, closing the boyfriend loophole, ghost gun rules, and a high-capacity magazine ban.

This establishes the relevant policy promise in Clark's own federal office materials and shows it remained an unmet goal alongside other future work items.

unresolved unknown

Gun Safety | Congresswoman Katherine Clark
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

Congress.gov lists S.2938 as Public Law No. 117-159 and summarizes it as expanding background checks, broadening existing restrictions, establishing new criminal offenses, and supporting mental health, school safety, and community gun violence programs.

A major federal gun-safety law was enacted during Clark's service, but the official summary does not show an assault-weapons ban or removal of assault weapons from the streets. This supports only partial progress on broader gun safety, not fulfillment of this specific promise.

partial later_term

S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, 117th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Congress.gov states H.R.1808 had status Passed House, with latest action in the Senate on 08/01/2022: received, read twice, and referred to Judiciary. The bill would make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition feeding device.

This was a concrete bill that matched the promise, but it did not become law; it passed only the House and stopped in the Senate in the 117th Congress.

partial later_term

H.R.1808 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, 117th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

The H.R.1808 cosponsor page lists Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] as an original cosponsor dated 03/11/2021.

Clark clearly advanced concrete legislation to ban assault weapons, earning an effort badge, but cosponsorship did not deliver enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.1808 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2022
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The Clerk records Roll Call 410 on H.R.1808, Assault Weapons Ban, as passed 217-213. The vote list shows Clark (MA), Democratic, Massachusetts, voted Yea.

Clark voted for House passage of the assault-weapons ban. The vote was a concrete effort, but House passage alone did not fulfill the promise nationally.

partial later_term A for effort

Roll Call 410 | Bill Number: H.R. 1808 | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

Congress.gov lists H.R.698 as status Introduced. Its summary says the bill would make it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition feeding device.

A renewed assault-weapons-ban bill was introduced in the next Congress, but it remained introduced and did not become law before the 118th Congress ended.

never later_term

H.R.698 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2023, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The H.R.698 cosponsor page lists Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] as an original cosponsor dated 02/01/2023.

Clark again took concrete action by cosponsoring an assault-weapons-ban bill, but the bill was not enacted.

never later_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.698 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Clark's prepared remarks say the Safer Communities Act did not deliver every needed step and that it was just the beginning.

As of June 25, 2026, Clark herself framed existing federal gun legislation as incomplete. This supports that the specific assault-weapons-off-the-streets promise remained unfulfilled, despite broader gun-safety progress.

never later_term

Whip Clark Urges Action on Gun Violence Prevention: Congress Has the Power To Save Lives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%