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Bipartisan group of senators announce agreement on gun control
A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation today, which includes "needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals and those who are adjudicated as mentally ill can't purchase weapons," they said in a statement.Notably, the announcement includes the support of 10 Republican senators, which would give the proposal enough support to overcome the Senate filibuster.
The agreement is significant given how divided lawmakers have been over the gun issue, but the actual legislative text is not yet written.
The proposal includes support for state crisis intervention orders, funding for school safety resources, an enhanced review process for buyers under the age of 21 and penalties for straw purchasing.
The group on the release includes Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Thom Tillis and Richard Burr of North Carolina, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Rob Portman of Ohio, Mitt Romney of Utah and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
Democratic senators on the release include Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona, Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Chris Coons of Delaware, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. It also includes Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats.
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This is good news
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My humble opinion: 
Why can't the Dems see this is a design to make the Repubs look like they are doing something when they are NOT........this is nothing.
They need to ban assault weapons that blow people to bits, handguns, and more. This BS is a no-cost plan for the NRA. They will continue to make billions of dollars. The American taxpayer will pay for these programs that are not new........
BAN THE F_ _ _ _ _ _ GUNS!
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zeke wrote:
My humble opinion:
They need to ban assault weapons that blow people to bits, handguns, and more. This BS is a no-cost plan for the NRA. They will continue to make billions of dollars. The American taxpayer will pay for these programs that are not new........
BAN THE F_ _ _ _ _ _ GUNS!
I agree!!! They left out :
-Expanded background checks
-Assault weapons ban
-Higher minimum age of purchase
The agreement doesn't include a change to the age at which a person needs to be to purchase an assault-style weapon.
Democrats,including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the chamber's most conservative Democrat, have said the age to purchase assault weapons must be raised from 18 to 21.
Well I guess this is a start....but NOT complete!!!! NOT good enough!!!
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The problem is when they do something like this it lets them off the hook. If Manchin is "in", it is for sure that it's BS. The Dems should hold their feet to the fire until they get gun bans that are effective.
This is a bunch of
