Sen. Cory Booker, the New Jersey senator who’s running for president, is proposing a slate of sweeping executive actions and policy changes to implement gun control measures that have long hit roadblocks in Congress.Booker likely could not do most of what he wants to do by "Executive Action" otherwise former President Obama would have done it. He also should know that nothing he is proposing would stop a criminal from getting a gun.
Booker’s plan centers around implementing a federal licensing program for gun ownership, requiring gun owners to submit fingerprints and pass a gun safety course to legally possess a firearm
The plan would also mandate universal background checks on all gun sales, closing the “Charleston loophole” which allows people buying guns from private sellers to bypass background checks in 1 of 5 gun sales across the country, and another loophole that allows people convicted of domestic violence or who are under a restraining order to purchase a gun if they are not married to their partner.
“My plan to address gun violence is simple, we will make it harder for people who should not have a gun to get one,” Booker said.
But that doesn't matter to the Democrats running for President.
UPDATE: Cam Edwards of NRATV asks a great question about Booker's proposal:
Will he attempt to jail Americans who refuse to get a federal license to own a firearm?— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) May 6, 2019
Keep in mind, there are around 90-million legal gun owners. Right now the federal prison population is a little more than 200,000, of which about 30,000 are in for weapons offenses. https://t.co/FJ2PaVLZS9
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment