Donald Trump’s Big Gun Idea? Literally Stolen From Tim Kaine.
by Brandy Zadosny at the Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/11/donald-trump-s-big-gun-idea-literally-stolen-from-tim-kaine.html
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As with most of his political opinions, the Republican presidential nominees stance on gun rights has changed over the years. But Trump does have a plan to rescue the sacred yet apparently imperiled Second Amendment, one he lays out in his official position, published on his campaign website in September 2015.
Trumps plan calls for a number of policies, such as an expansion of gun rights and the overhaul of a broken mental health care system, common refrains from Second Amendment advocates. It begins, however, with another directiveEnforce The Laws On The Booksand as best practice, Trump invokes, but never names, Senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine. Indeed, Trumps plan to Make America Great for Gun Owners Again leans heavily on Project Exile, a 1997 program Kaine implemented as mayor of Richmond, Virginia, that was aimed at driving down crime rates by elevating gun offenses to the tougher federal court system.
Several years ago there was a tremendous program in Richmond, Virginia called Project Exile, Trumps policy reads.
It said that if a violent felon uses a gun to commit a crime, you will be prosecuted in federal court and go to prison for five yearsno parole or early release. Obamas former Attorney General, Eric Holder, called that a cookie cutter program. Thats ridiculous. I call that program a success. Murders committed with guns in Richmond decreased by over 60% when Project Exile was in placein the first two years of the program alone, 350 armed felons were taken off the street.
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