It has been decades since serious gun legislation was passed and the bipartisan gun violence bill in the Senate is historic in many ways.
Here is what the bill negotiated by US. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Cory Booker (D- N.J.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) does:
Support for State Crisis Intervention Orders
Investment in Children and Family Mental Health Services
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Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence
Funding for School-Based Mental Health and Supportive Services
Funding for School Safety Resources
Clarification of Definition of Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer
Telehealth Investments
Under 21 Enhanced Review Process
Penalties for Straw Purchasing
Cracks down on criminals who illegally straw purchase and traffic guns.
The first to notice when examing the proposal is that it already has ten Republican Senators on board, so there will be no filibuster to block the legislation. If the final legislation is written like the proposal, it will fly through the Senate.
The Enhanced Protection For Domestic Violence Victims Will Save Lives.
PoliticusUSA’s Sarah Jones wrote about the connections between domestic violence, guns, and mass shootings, “50 women are shot to death by an intimate partner every month. The fact is there is a five time higher probability that a victim of domestic abuse won’t live to report it if the abuser has a gun. Of the mass shootings that occurred between 2009 and 2015, 57 percent of the shooters killed intimate partners or other family members.”
The agreement is historic, because for the first time in decades, Democrats have made serious progress on gun violence legislation. It is incremental progress, but if one of these changes promotes a single mass shooting, it will be worth it.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association
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