Bernie Sanders Will Co-Sponsor Gun Control Bill
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Posted on Jan 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders. (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Responding to pressure from critics, including Hillary Clinton, Democratic
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Thursday that he will
co-sponsor a bill to repeal protections for gun manufacturers and dealers
that he voted for in 2005.
The Guardian reports:
In 2005 Sanders voted for a bill that shields manufacturers and dealers from
legal liability in cases "resulting from criminal or unlawful misuse" of
their guns by a third party. Sanders was a member of the House of
Representatives at the time, and 12 years earlier had voted against the
Brady Bill, which imposed federal background checks and a waiting period on
gun purchase.
The bill, named after Ronald Reagan's press secretary Jim Brady, paralyzed
by an assassin's gunshot meant for the president, eventually passed with
Reagan's endorsement. [.]
On Wednesday staff for Sanders campaign met with Hector Adames, a gun
control advocates who has joined with the Brady Campaign. Adames'
13-year-old nephew was shot dead in a gun accident, and in 2009 the US
supreme court rejected their challenge of protections for the gun industry.
In a call with reporters on Thursday, Adames said: "I can't stop smiling,
I'm almost in shock."
Adames said he and other advocates hoped for Sanders "to make a wrong a
right. That he responded so quickly is almost amazing."
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Bernie Sanders Will Co-Sponsor Gun Control Bill
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/bernie_sanders_will_co-sponsor_g
un_control_bill_20160128/
Posted on Jan 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders. (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Responding to pressure from critics, including Hillary Clinton, Democratic
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced Thursday that he will
co-sponsor a bill to repeal protections for gun manufacturers and dealers
that he voted for in 2005.
The Guardian reports:
In 2005 Sanders voted for a bill that shields manufacturers and dealers from
legal liability in cases "resulting from criminal or unlawful misuse" of
their guns by a third party. Sanders was a member of the House of
Representatives at the time, and 12 years earlier had voted against the
Brady Bill, which imposed federal background checks and a waiting period on
gun purchase.
The bill, named after Ronald Reagan's press secretary Jim Brady, paralyzed
by an assassin's gunshot meant for the president, eventually passed with
Reagan's endorsement. [.]
On Wednesday staff for Sanders campaign met with Hector Adames, a gun
control advocates who has joined with the Brady Campaign. Adames'
13-year-old nephew was shot dead in a gun accident, and in 2009 the US
supreme court rejected their challenge of protections for the gun industry.
In a call with reporters on Thursday, Adames said: "I can't stop smiling,
I'm almost in shock."
Adames said he and other advocates hoped for Sanders "to make a wrong a
right. That he responded so quickly is almost amazing."
Continue reading here.
-Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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