Hillary Clinton’s Clever Plan to Shrink the “Gun Show” Loophole

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Hillary Clinton on Monday renewed her call for aggressive new gun safety measures aimed at curbing domestic violence and mass shootings, an effort that the Democratic front-runner has been pushing with increasing force since this summer’s Charleston, South Carolina, massacre. This time, however, Hillary is promising something different: a way forward even if gun rights advocates continue to block such efforts in Congress.

I will try every way I can to get those guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them," she told voters at a breakfast town hall in New Hampshire on Monday. "We need to prevent these kinds of terrible crimes that are happening."

Clinton had previously voiced her support for reinstating the lapsed assault weapons ban and generally pushing for more universal background checks. Her new plan, though, centers on four key proposals:


closing the so-called gun show loophole, under which private sellers at gun shows and on the Internet aren’t required to perform background checks;
closing the so-called Charleston loophole, under which an individual with a felony record who would otherwise be barred from getting a gun can buy one if his background check is not completed within three days;
repealing the gun industry's exemption from lawsuits against manufacturers, which they were granted under a 2005 law called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act;
prohibiting domestic abusers from buying and possessing firearms.




http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/10/05/hillary_clinton_s_gun_control_plan.html

[Motown_Johnny]

1. Can she get 60 votes in the Senate for the assault weapons ban?

Can she get 60 votes in the Senate for any of this?

I wish the answer to those questions was "Yes" but I am afraid it is not.

[Duckhunter935]

2. See

Lautenberg law, already against federal law for convicted domestic abusers to own or possess weapons to include in the military.