REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS ON GUN CONTROL

REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS ON GUN CONTROL

Written by Peter Boykin on June 21, 2022

REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRATS ON GUN CONTROL

Shared By Peter Boykin – American Political Commentator / Citizen Journalist

A bipartisan group of senators [10 Republicans and 10 Democrats] reached a deal on the framework for a gun control bill that, if passed, would be the most significant change to gun rights in decades.

The bill framework includes:

enhanced background checks for people under 21

funding for mental health and school safety

protecting victims of domestic violence

state grants for red flag laws

penalties for straw purchasing

What it doesn’t include:

It does not raise the minimum age to buy a rifle

It does not ban ‘assault weapons’

Red flag laws are my number one issue with this proposed bill.

They allow law enforcement to preemptively seize a citizen’s firearms without due process if they are “determined to be a significant danger to themselves or others.”

So you want us to give the same people who categorized parents at school board meetings as ‘domestic terrorists’ the power to decide when someone is a “significant danger”?

No thanks.

Here are the 10 Senate Republicans who have already put their support behind this bill:

Cornyn, Tillis, Blunt, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Graham, Portman, Romney Toomey

Joe Biden was asked about the bill and he believes it doesn’t go far enough:

“Obviously, it does not do everything that I think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction.”

[Source: Axios, Daily Caller]

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