Apparently twenty senators, 10 from each party, signed on to a statement laying out the broad tenets of an agreement Sunday after weeks of negotiations that followed mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. Touting the agreement as a “rare moment of bipartisanship”.
According to the Washington Examiner, this would tackle a number of issues in gun law that Democrats have characterized as “problematic.”
The bill would fund grants meant to incentivize states to pass their own red flag laws, which enable a court to determine whether a gun owner is dangerous enough to require authorities to take his or her firearms.
Red flag laws typically work by enabling friends and family to petition a court to issue crisis intervention orders, which allow for the removal of guns from a person’s home.
The deal would also close what is known as the “boyfriend” loophole.
While federal law does prohibit anyone convicted of abusing their spouse, live-in partner, or co-parent from buying a firearm, it does not stop an abusive dating partner from obtaining a gun, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group.
Lawmakers agreed to set aside billions of dollars for expanded mental health and school safety programs. Those include investments in expanding telehealth access for young people in need of mental healthcare, as well as investments in violence prevention efforts at school.
So, of course the “loophole” was the reason that these shootings happened AND the money is going to FIX EVERYTHING. We find the stupid thing about this proposal is the metal heatlh money. Being that “anyone” especially little kids 5-18 aged, can “determine what sex they want to be”. This is a mental problem and government thinks this “thinking is okay.”
That’s the fucked-up part…..
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Sunday that while she remains open to the possibility of supporting the agreement, she was “disappointed” that, in her view, it increases “juvenile criminalization.”
“We have to look at the text,” she said of what would have to happen before she could pledge support.
Oh, NOW they need to read the bill…. as before, the big ass 7,000 page budget bill, you don’t.