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Warren/Menino Discuss Gun Violence Prevention
Warren is sponsoring three bills that would support gun control reform, a gun buyer background check, and making gun trafficking a federal crime.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed gun violence prevention on Friday, championing reforms including a criminal background check on anyone buying a gun in the country. "Now is the time to turn words into actions, to line up supporters and to mobilize all Americans behind common sense gun reform," Menino said after walking to the podium with a cane at the Parkman House. Menino joked with Warren, calling her the "senior" senator of Massachusetts, then turned serious about three major points key to gun violence prevention: Warren said she's sponsored three bills being unveiled next week that support those three points. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, is filing the Fix Gun Checks Act to close the gap in current …
William Dawes
7:07 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Gun insurance? Why not a poll tax also? How is insurance not the same - they both disenfranchise low-income citizens by adding a financial cost (which they may not be able to bear). Wouldn't gun insurance penalize the low-income citizens in the more dangerous parts of town? This would effectively remove their ability to self-defense to the people who really need it. Where do you think insurance … more ›