House passes sweeping gun bill

[Beachnutt]

House passes sweeping gun bill to raise assault rifle purchase age to 21; plan faces long odds in the Senate
PUBLISHED WED, JUN 8 20227:00 PM EDTUPDATED 1 MIN AGO
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Thomas Franck
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The House passed a sweeping gun bill that, despite long odds in the Senate, would raise the minimum age to purchase an assault rifle to 21.
The bill, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, would also bar the sale of large-capacity magazines and institute new rules that dictate proper at-home gun storage.
The House passed the bill in the wake of two mass shootings carried out last month by separate 18-year-old gunmen, both of whom carried AR-15 style assault rifles.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/08/uvalde-school-shooting-us-house-votes-to-raise-age-to-buy-an-assault-rifle-to-21.html?__source=androidappshare

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[Stuart G]

2. K & R... no text

[RainCaster]

3. Now the Senate will choke

There are two who I can't name.

[crickets]

4. It's a start.

Protecting Our Kids Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7910/text?r=1&s=1
https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/maloney-urges-colleagues-to-pass-the-protecting-our-kids-act


Background checks really should be on the table as well, along with red flag laws.

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/how-do-red-flag-gun-laws-work/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_law

In the United States, a red flag law is a gun control law that permits variously police, family members, coworkers, and others to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who they believe may present a danger to others or themselves. A judge makes the determination to issue the order based on statements and actions made by the gun owner in question.[1] Refusal to comply with the order is punishable as a criminal offense.[2][3] After a set time, the guns are returned to the person from whom they were seized unless another court hearing extends the period of confiscation.[4][5][6]

Also, there needs to be federal law closing the boyfriend loophole. That would be huge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyfriend_loophole
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-violence-against-women-act-2022-against-women-act-boyfriend-loophole-n-62324f9be4b0d39357c25448_n_623cd3d7e4b0bcc5b476935c

With the simple stroke of a pen, Biden could close the dangerous “boyfriend loophole,” advocates tell HuffPost. VAWA includes prohibitions on gun ownership for people who have been convicted of domestic violence who are spouses, cohabitants or people with whom a victim has a child. But the boyfriend, or dating partner, loophole is a gap in gun safety protections found in VAWA that has historically allowed unmarried dating partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to buy or own firearms. [snip]

Essentially, the protections cover any convicted domestic abuser except stalkers and current or former dating partners. Often overlooked, however, is the next sentence, which says that gun ownership is additionally prohibited “by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim” who has been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

Biden could clarify that “similarly situated” language through a regulatory process that would broaden the definition of who is a domestic abuser in the eyes of federal law, advocates tell HuffPost.