Jay Inslee's 10-Point Plan to End White Nationalist Gun Violence

[ancianita]

The long version:

https://www.jayinslee.com/issues/combatting-white-nationalism

Governor Inslee already has versions of this plan in effect in Washington state.

The short version:

Addressing White Nationalism:

1. Direct Federal Law Enforcement Resources To Confront White Nationalism:reinstate and expand federal funding for de-radicalization programs, intervention grants, and investigative resources, consistent with a whole-of-government strategy to confront white supremacy as a distinct and discrete terrorist threat

2. Create Systems to Identify, Track, and Prosecute White Nationalist Extremists: reinstate the requirement for an annual public report on the domestic terror threat.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has introduced legislation, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, that lays out a roadmap to do this; Inslee would sign this bill. The Inslee Administration would also strengthen implementation of laws like the Hate Crime Statistics Act, which requires the Department of Justice to compile and report the number of bias crimes but is severely underenforced. The combination of new data sources would help enhance federal prosecution of hate crimes, especially where state laws are weak or non-existent.

3. Expanding International Cooperation to Fight White Nationalism: America will expand partnerships with international intelligence and domestic law enforcement agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private businesses like social media corporations, to take a unified, mutually-supportive approach to countering violent extremism.

Addressing the Ease-of-Access to Firearms

4. National Assault Weapons Ban: As president, Governor Inslee will reinstate a national assault weapons ban, as well as a ban on high-capacity magazines.

5. Extreme Risk Protection Orders: advance a national Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) law, modeled after those passed in Washington state, Oregon, and 15 other states as well as the District of Columbia.
...allow police, family members, and household members to petition for firearms to be temporarily removed from people threatening to harm themselves or others.
... open federal courts to petitions by law enforcement and families to have access to firearm rights temporarily removed, and would also provide grant assistance to states to implement protection order laws, reflecting the essential role of local, regional, tribal, and state law enforcement in tackling this challenge.
Washington already has the first hate-specific ERPO law in America.

6. Disarm Hate: Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) have proposed legislation to do just that, the “Disarm Hate Act,” and Inslee would sign the bill into law as president.

7. Target People Who “Lie And Try” to Buy Guns: provide notification to state law enforcement when a person who “lies and tries” to buy a firearm is blocked by the federal background check system.

8. Close the Charleston Loophole: The House has passed legislation to address the Charleston loophole by expanding this period to ten days, yet the Senate has failed to act. As president, Inslee will close the Charleston loophole and end the “default proceed” rule.

9. Overhaul and Enhance ATF Enforcement: take executive action and support legislation to modernize long underfunded ATF’s data management systems and provide the resources necessary to conduct needed inspections.

10. Ban Untraceable Firearms: restrict the production and manufacture of 3D printer “ghost guns” in ... immediately end this dangerous and senseless action on the part of the Trump Administration... support legislation codifying into federal law restrictions on Trump's exporting plans for these types of weapons, ensuring America has the same strong standards on these weapons as Washington state does.

Inslee's ON IT!

[underpants]

1. Very good but I really like #8

I was just thinking this morning about how we never see or hear actual gun control advocates on TV.

[ancianita]

2. Given the sheer number of guns owned, awareness through media is important.

[EarnestPutz]

3. The right wing is actually right when they say "no one law is going to end gun violence"....

....but we need to say to them, "No, it's going to take many different laws and strategies to help curb it" and here are ten things that would be a good start. Governor Inslee has made a difference in Washington already.

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Agreed, and I would add.

Reward states that pass laws requiring proof of liability insurance coverage for gun owners and provide for civil suits against gun owners whose unsecured gun resulted in injury or death.

Every time some gun fetishist reminds me that mass murderers also plow vehicles into crowds, I use that as an opportunity to pivot to liability insurance using an automobile analogy. Solving this problem is going to take a lot of laws from the federal government on down to municipalities.

[ancianita]

7. And reward progressive governors with the "a lot of laws" approach final debate status.

[ancianita]

6. He's the top tier when it comes to doing something -- the doingest progressive of all the candidates

[Auggie]

5. Leadership and Courage! Huge K&R!

On edit: In case anyone is interested, I just switched from Joe Biden to Undecided.

[Thunderbeast]

8. What's missing is action requiring personal liability insurance

If a gun owner, or someone who steals a gun commits a violent act, damages awarded would be covered by a liability policy. The gun OWNER would be liable.

Let's let the insurance underwriters assess the safety of gun ownership, and price owner policies accordingly.

Gun registration and insurance is a reasonable policy. The paranoid fools who think the Government will round up all weapons in a tyrannical action have worn out that argument. Registration and certification of owners is a big part of how the rest of the world addresses gun violence.

[ancianita]

9. It's called "murder insurance," and the NRA sells it. Looks like a private sector solution in need

of a problem. Not that guns aren't the problem. They are.

policies start at $13.95 per month, or $154.95 annually, for $250,000 in civil protection and $50,000 in criminal defense protection.

The highest-level coverage costs $49.95 per month, or $549.95 annually. It includes up to $1.5 million in civil protection and $250,000 in criminal defense protection.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/06/gun-owners-may-find-getting-self-defense-insurance-tougher-following-florida-shooting.html

[Merlot]

10. I'd like to see a gun licensing program same as for driving an auto

And they should have to carry insurance as well.

[ancianita]

11. I hear you. The issue's been raised, and might take a lot of multi-industry input for it to happen.

[ancianita]

12. Inslee released a statement deriding Mr. Trump's remarks on Monday:

"Today's performance by President Trump was an embarrassing attempt to avoid responsibility for his own actions." Inslee said in a statement released by his campaign. "It's time for Donald Trump to take ownership for his encouragement of hate and violence in America. From hateful chants at his rallies, to racist tweets, to praise for white nationalists, this president has done more to divide the United States than any leader in modern history."

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. His actions speak louder than all the candidates' words

He has a plan...AND he has actually passed laws against gun violence.

He is more than top tier. He is the top of the top tier.

[ancianita]

14. Indeed. AND the most underrated here. There's too much benign indifference about him here.

As I've said elsewhere:

1. He is, right now, a state governor. He is governor of the #1 ranked state in America. His years as governor is a whole level of executive -- "execution" of decisions, law writing, shepherding bills through both parties of the statehouse, implementing and monitoring laws -- experience that none of the other Democratic candidates have.

2. Inslee has spent NINE terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, therefore has a federal knowledge of its processes in serving both national interests and his state's interests -- experience the others don't have.

3. Inslee has been president of the National Governors Association, which puts him in good relations with a lot of red state governors -- experience the other candidates haven't got.

4. There is no oppo on Jay Inslee; he's clean.

5. His donor list is clean -- unions, SIX First Nations Tribes, university and tech money.

6. Inslee's also got tough chops for a national debate. AND he's got zingers like "Trump couldn't run a two-car funeral..." and others.

7. Finally, and not for nothing, his youth puts him into the same age advantage category as the younger candidates.

8. Inslee is a green new deal torch bearer. While others offer plans, Inslee has already ...
-- made scalable green projects in his state,
-- developed green banking,
-- assured our allies of our future commitment to foreign energy policy, and
-- signaled markets on how to grow trillions of dollars while decreasing national debt.

To me, Jay Inslee is a good sell to voters.

Too bad that DU isn't as responsive as Inslee deserves.