Washington – Report: White House Mulling Broader US Gun Control

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    Antique gun collector Dave Kleiner reviews paperwork during the East Coast Fine Arms Show in Stamford, Connecticut, January 5, 2013. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)Washington – The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing US gun violence than just reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

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    A working group led by Vice President Joseph Biden is seriously considering measures that would require universal background checks for gun buyers and track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, the newspaper said. The measures would also strengthen mental health checks and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors, the Post said. The approach is backed by law enforcement leaders, it said.

    President Barack Obama assigned Biden the job of designing the strategy after the massacre at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school last month that killed 20 children and six adults.

    To sell such changes, the White House is developing strategies to work around the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby.


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    Texas_Eli
    Texas_Eli
    11 years ago

    Does the fact that violent crime rates are HALF of what they were in 1992 matter?

    Observer
    Observer
    11 years ago

    “Work around the NRA”? Is he also developing strategies to work around the legislative branch of the government?

    11 years ago

    This article sounds a lot better than “a ban on assault weapons.” As long as law-abiding citizens are not actually prevented from exercising their Second Amendment right, establishing background checks and investigating the mental health status of buyers ensures that weapons end up in the right hands.