Posted on 06/12/2022 8:59:32 AM PDT by Pollard
WASHINGTON — Key senators announced a framework agreement on new gun legislation Sunday, marking a breakthrough on a collection of measures to combat gun violence, including “red flag” laws and enhanced background checks on buyers.
The chief negotiators of the deal are Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., an outspoken proponent of gun safety laws, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a firm Second Amendment advocate who has promised the new measures won’t impact the gun rights of law-abiding Americans. The final bill hasn’t been written yet, sources familiar with the negotiations said.
“Today, we are announcing a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to protect America’s children, keep our schools safe, and reduce the threat of violence across our country,” Murphy, Cornyn and other senators involved in the talks said in a joint statement. “Families are scared, and it is our duty to come together and get something done that will help restore their sense of safety and security in their communities.”
Unlike the Democratic-authored series of gun bills that passed the House last week, the Senate deal has a good chance of becoming law because it is expected to have support from key Republicans, who wield effective veto power over gun legislation in the Senate due to the 60-vote filibuster rule.
A centerpiece of the Senate deal is substantial resources for states to implement “red flag” laws, which allow individuals like police or family members to petition courts to keep firearms away from people deemed a risk to themselves or others.
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So the ten Assistant Democrat traitors signed a blank check.
I wonder how much they got paid?
Sen cornhole of Tx a 2nd amendment advocate!? $eriously?
Just let that sink in for a bit...
No national CCW reciprocity?
Hallelujah!!! We are saved from “gun violence.” New laws always do the trick. The last 9,999 laws failed, but GUN LAW #10,000 is the magic bullet (so to speak). Trust me on this.
If you are in Congress, you have three levers to pull — pass more laws, ban things, or spend money. Sometimes they do all three at once. And 99% of the time the things they do make the original problem far worse.
Yeah, keep repeating that lie. Cornyn's political career needs die an ugly death with every other Republican that does not understand what 'shall no infringe' means.
Any Republican that doesn't stand for the full repeal of ALL weapons related laws needs to be drummed out of the party. Full repeal is the beginning and ending of all negotiations.
Cornyn, Tillis, Blunt, Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Graham, Portman, Romney, Toomey
No bans in this bill at all (at least from what I Saw), and that red flag law will get struck down. Let the dems think they got a win on this one.. lol.
Will the Supreme Court tell them to STICK IT ?
(family members) What could go wrong?
That’s where I got the list from but also see that DiscloseTV tweeted the list.
“... has promised the new measures won’t impact the gun rights of law-abiding Americans.”
Yeah, right.
I wonder if a law was passed that made murder illegal would help.
Just spitballin’ here.
What would really just make any sense at all is National Constitutional Carry.
Ping
Protections for victims of domestic violence: Convicted domestic violence abusers and individuals subject to domestic violence restraining orders will be included in NICS.
https://www.axios.com/2022/06/12/senators-reach-gun-safety-deal
Really bad idea. In some states, if one spouse calls 911 for a domestic issue, one or both parties are getting charged. This will put millions in NICS.
So these new gun laws are only going to impact non law abiding citizens? I mean the non law abiding will abide these laws when they disregard other laws?
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