Cory Booker has pitched an ambitious new proposal for gun control — and he deserves credit for its boldness, our columnist DoyleMcManus writes.
So for a Democrat seeking a foothold in the scramble for the nomination, Booker’s proposal makes sense.Research shows that gun licensing, which is already required in nine states, is strikingly effective in reducing gun homicides and suicides — far more than universal background checks, the generic Democratic proposal.
More familiar gun control measures —including background checks and assault weapons bans — don’t produce results as dramatic. Not surprisingly, the National Rifle Assn. immediately attacked his plan, inaccurately, as a “ban [on] all guns” because it prohibits the sale of assault weapons and warned that “millions” of law-abiding gun owners would be imprisoned if the law was passed.
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