Ayala: Senate agreement on gun safety is inadequate but will have to do — for now
The families of those who came before them deserve more, too.But for the first time in a long time, 10 Republican and 10 Democratic U.S. senators have agreed on a set of gun restrictions and prevention initiatives that could actually make a difference, albeit a small one.
It’s significant because it gives gun-control activists a strategic position, a place to defend and from which to push harder. Among the most significant changes is the elimination of the “boyfriend loophole.” Federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers from possessing guns, but only if they were married to, lived with or had a child with the person they abused. If the victim was a mere dating partner, the prohibition on gun ownership doesn’t apply. Closing the loophole will make women safer.
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