Parkland survivors announce sweeping gun control plan: 'Green New Deal, but for guns'
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Parkland survivors announce sweeping gun control plan: 'Green New Deal, but for guns'
The plan announced on Wednesday aims to reduce gun deaths by 200,000 (or 50 percent over 10 years), install an apparent czar for gun violence, create a "Peace Corps for gun violence prevention," and lower the nation's firearm stock by 30 percent through a mandatory buy-back program, according to the group.
In addition to background checks, the group called for a multi-step approval process for gun ownership. That included "in-person interviews, personal references, rigorous gun safety training, and a waiting period of 10 days for each gun purchase."
It would also impose much stricter limits on purchases by raising the minimum age for gun possession to 21 and limiting Americans to one firearm purchase per month. It's unclear how the plan will be implemented as that purchase limit would seem to preclude its other goal of imposing higher fees on bulk firearm purchases.
That fee, along with annual fees for firearm licenses, would be directed toward addressing gun violence. The plan also called for a national licensing and registry system. Although an exact figure is impossible to pin down, researchers believe that there are more guns that people in the United States.
The Parkland students' plan also echoed 2020 Democrats' in that it called for substantial executive action, including a mandatory buy-back program for assault weapons and creating programs to "encourage voluntary civilian reduction of handguns and other firearms."
It also urged the Justice Department to reconsider a landmark Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Heller, which held the Second Amendment protected the right to bear arms -- an in particular, the right to own a handgun.
If they are really serious about saving lives maybe they are willing to change Roe v Wade for addition to background checks.
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Fuck this, If I am going to "waste" somebody I sure the hell aint going to look for no rope, or even chase after them, Just shoot them, Plain and simple. Getting a unregistered gun is pretty easy and always will be.
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