Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumHow Sen. Cory Booker would curb gun violence
Sen. Cory Booker on Monday rolled out a sweeping gun-control agenda that includes requiring licenses for all gun owners, one of the most aggressive gun-related proposals from a 2020 Democrat.
The 14-part plan is part of what the New Jersey Democrat said was a personal fight to combat a gun violence "epidemic." It's sure to meet with fierce pushback from gun-rights groups like the National Rifle Association and faces an uncertain fate in Congress.
The core of the New Jersey senators proposal is a federal gun-licensing program that would require, among other things, a comprehensive FBI background check and proof of completion of a gun-safety course. After a license is approved, holders could freely purchase and own firearms for the five-year duration of their license, with regular, automatic checks to flag non-compliance with license terms and the possibility of renewal.
The plan would ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as bump stocks, and it calls for instituting a universal background check system that would be enforced on sales at gun shows and in private and online sales. In addition, Booker has proposed requiring gun manufacturers to implement a technology for handguns known as microstamping, which he said would help police trace bullet shell casings to the guns that fired them.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/06/cory-booker-gun-violence-1296863
Booker knows EXACTLY the toll guns are taking on our poorer communities, he chooses to live where conditions are worst
"From 1998 to 2006, Booker lived in Brick Towers, a troubled housing complex in Newark's Central Ward. In November 2006, as one of the last remaining tenants in Brick Towers, Booker left his apartment for the top unit in a three-story rental on Hawthorne Avenue in Newark's South Ward, an area described as "a drug- and gang-plagued neighborhood of boarded-up houses and empty lots".[202] Brick Towers has since been demolished, and a new mixed-income development was built there in 2010.[203]"
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)this is one
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)First he would have to get it past a skeptical congress, including Dem representatives from red, heavily pro-gun districts, and Senators like Joe Manchin who also come from a deep red state with high gun ownership.
Then if that miracle happened it would almost certainly get tossed by SCOTUS.
What is the solution to spiraling gun violence? Unfortunately the answer involves 2/3 of congress and 38 states coming together to alter or remove the Second Amendment. Until we can gather those numbers there's not much we can do but try and see if something sticks like the the bump stock ban keeping in mind that a majority of Americans are supportive of gun rights.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)Sad to see the majority of Democrats running promote the most milquetoast solutions.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Mosby
(16,350 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden