“Listen, if you want to accomplish something today, pass what many states have done, and that’s resources available to secure schools,” Rep. In contrast, Jordan accused Democrats of targeting law-abiding gun owners with restrictions that violent criminals are bound to ignore. In addition to taking steps to protect people in schools and public settings, Nadler said the bill would protect members of law enforcement who respond to the increasingly frequent crises. They cited various statistics to back their contentions, noting that gun trafficking is a serious contributor to violent crime and mass shootings have fallen off in countries that enacted similar measures. In response, Democrats characterized their colleagues across the aisle as being beholden to gun lobbyists, favoring unfettered access to firearms, and subverting the will of the American people who for years have supported enacting stricter gun laws. That’s what bothers them - they don’t trust ‘we the people.’” “The right of the American people … to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said in remarks from the House floor.
“ are out to get the Second Amendment,” Rep. Their arguments against the package during the debate period ranged from stating that school hardening should be a greater priority than added restrictions, that the legislation contains redundancies with established gun laws, and that it would limit self-defense options for victims of domestic violence and rural residents who contend with hostile wildlife. Republicans repeatedly argued against the legislation’s provisions during the debate period by pointing out that the large-capacity magazine ban could be subverted by simply carrying more smaller-capacity magazines, just as the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech mass shooting did in April 2007, or by stating that forcing gun owners to store their weapons in gun safes would only empower home intruders to strike. “Let today be the day that we begin to end this cycle of gun violence, … take meaningful action to protect our communities and, most of all, to protect our kids.” “How many more communities must be visited by tragedy before we take action?” Nadler said in remarks from the House floor.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would increase revenues by $6 million over the next 10 years and would increase direct spending by $5 million in that same period. It would also use grants to establish buy-back programs for large-capacity magazines. Additionally, the bill would make it unlawful to store guns without a secure storage or safety device and would establish a safe firearm storage credit.įurther, the bill contains a section on “closing the bump stock loophole” which would broaden the definition of the term to include any component that materially increases the rate of fire of a semiautomatic weapon. Nadler’s package of bills contains provisions to raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun to 21, add restrictions on the purchase of firearms, require that all guns be traceable, and add restrictions on large capacity ammunition feeding devices, according to its text. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., passed in the House of Representatives on a 223-204 vote, sending a slate of new proposed restrictions on firearms to the Senate. WASHINGTON - Gun safety legislation introduced by Rep.
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