Cory Booker has rolled out one of the most aggressive gun-related proposals from a 2020 Democrat. Here’s a look inside his 14-part plan.
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.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.
Booker also pledged to place restrictions on bulk gun purchases, limiting buys to one handgun per month; to open the door for gun dealers and manufacturers to face lawsuits for negligence; and to close the so-called boyfriend loophole that exempts dating partners from laws aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of those convicted of abuse of a spouse.Sign Up
The plan would lift a ban on federal funding for gun-violence research, and it would bring more oversight to the industry by allowing regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and by increasing funding to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, whose enforcement abilities Booker said were hamstrung by Congress.
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