Warren Sponsors Three Gun Control Bills
Warren is sponsoring three bills that would support gun control reform, a gun buyer background check, and making gun trafficking a federal crime.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed gun violence prevention on Friday, championing reforms including a criminal background check on anyone buying a gun in the country. "Now is the time to turn words into actions, to line up supporters and to mobilize all Americans behind common sense gun reform," Menino said after walking to the podium with a cane at the Parkman House. Menino joked with Warren, calling her the "senior" senator of Massachusetts, then turned serious about three major points key to gun violence prevention: Warren said she's sponsored three bills being unveiled next week that support those three points. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, is filing the Fix Gun Checks Act to close the gap in current …
E.R. Smith
9:02 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A woman should have the right to chose how to protect herself and her children. A modern sporting rifle (a/k/a assault type rifle) is lightweight, easy to shoot, holds large capacity magazines which allow a small woman to fend off multiple assailants. The public should be trusted to make their own decisions. Politicians don't know more, often less and have not done well in their own decisions. more ›