Gun control advocates are celebrating a slew of legislation passed across the country. Domestic abusers are targeted in new bills passed by five states, while other states have enhanced their background checks for purchasing firearms.
Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Tennessee and Utah all passed new restrictions on firearms for domestic abusers, according to Everytown for Gun Safety group, which is funded by billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Overall, 23 states have enhanced the laws around domestic abusers since 2013, says the gun control advocacy group.
“When you look at what’s happening in statehouses across the country, the gun safety movement is winning in state after state — even in this challenging political environment — because volunteers and gun violence survivors have become the counterweight to the gun lobby,” said Shannon Watts, who founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown.
Hawaii, Tennessee and Washington state passed new laws requiring that police be notified when anyone who fails to pass a background check tries to buy a gun.
Many of these measures were passed with the support of Republican lawmakers and governors, even though the party itself has promised to roll back restrictions on guns and not to allow new ones, points out Everytown.
Gun regulation advocates claimed victory and a loss for the gun lobby, noting that attempts to repeal background checks in Iowa and Nebraska failed, while 17 of 18 states rejected bills to allow guns in schools and 14 of 16 states rejected bills to allow guns on college campuses.
Additionally, 20 of 22 states didn’t pass bills that would have eliminated requirements for permits to carry guns, a top priority for the National Rifle Association, Everytown wrote in its new “report card.”
The new gun regulations could be challenged in front of the Supreme Court, but in the past nine years, SCOTUS has avoided most Second Amendment cases, including those challenging state and local restrictions.
The Second Amendment of the US Constitution protects the right to “keep and bear arms.”
More piecemeal….
Can we all now be accused of being “wife beaters”?
When the time comes, i guess those idiots can fight with sticks, if they can find one in the city. These stupid people think they will be safe, if they get rid of the Guns? These people have not woken up yet, and when they do, it will be to late for THEM!
These are hardly “victories”, this was going to be the outcome in most of those States anyway. Desperation on the cusp of madness, clutching at any straw they think lets them claim a win.
I hear the Government just passed a mandatory law, that allows any government employee who earns more than $133,333,666. a year, the Supreme Rights of Prema Nocta, (first wedding night with your spouse)…
Will you comply with this new “law”?
Exactly…..!
“Gun regulation advocates claimed victory and a loss for the gun lobby,…”
A PAPER ‘victory’, nothing more.
Try talking about ‘victory’ after enforcement is attempted.
“Many of these measures were passed with the support of Republican lawmakers and governors, even though the party itself has promised to roll back restrictions on guns and not to allow new ones, points out Everytown.”
For any toeing the line “party” loyalists who think they have a dog in the fight and chump the republican and his party are gonna save your worthless arses.
Your d, r, nra, mda, con, lib leaders are ALL representing the same club.
And YOU ain’t in it!