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..."margin-left: 40px;">“It just went from bad to worse,” he said. Instead of opening dialogue, the military has escalated its response from guns and ammo to rockets and chemical weapons, Schiff said.He said the evidence of Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people is now “overwhelming.” While Schiff has “great skepticism&… Continue Reading

...yle="margin-left: 40px;">The Glendale Democrat grew up in Massachusetts and was taught to hunt by his father. “My wife and I choose not to have guns at home because more often than not a gun is used to kill a member of the family or accidentally kills a member of the family,” said Continue Reading

...gently by knowingly selling huge quantities of firearms to a small minority of gun dealers -- just 1 percent of dealers -- who sold 57 percent of the guns that end up being used to commit criminal acts.The Ninth Circuit ruled that there could be a valid nuisance claim against one of the gun manufacturers. In response to this case and others pending across the country, Congress passed legislatio… Continue Reading

...could pass the background check and later illegally convey the weapon to someone who couldn't.The background check system is meant to keep guns out of the hands of killers like Garcia, but it is all too often circumvented by straw purchasers who buy large quantities of guns and resell them.In many cases, it is not difficult for a gun dealer to tell when someone is a straw purchaser a… Continue Reading

...ure gun violence and tragedies:Ban the sale, transfer, importation or manufacturing of about 150 named firearms, plus certain rifles, handguns and shotguns fitted for detachable magazines and having at least one military characteristic;Strengthen the 1994 ban by moving from a two- to a one-characteristic test to determine what constitutes an assault weapon;<… Continue Reading

...sers, remarking: “Congress needs to help, rather than hinder, law enforcement as it does its job.  We should get tougher on people who buy guns with the express purpose of turning around and selling them to criminals.  And we should severely punish anybody who helps them do this.”Schiff’s legislation would create a new two year penalty for a straw purchaser who inten… Continue Reading

...y attracted a dozen cosponsors. "We are better than a nation where businesses have a duty to act reasonably if they sell bb guns or beer, but the gun sellers who irresponsibly profit off criminals are above the law that applies to everyone else,” said Dan Gross, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “Most gun sellers are responsible business peo… Continue Reading

... in 2005, the Supreme Court decided in Heller that the Second Amendment does guarantee an individual right for law abiding Americans to own guns. While this decision should do away with the gun confiscation fears of the NRA, the Supreme Court has never held or even suggested that this right encompasses the further right to act negligently with guns in a way that endangers others.

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... nation. The President articulated a reasonable set of proposals – both through executive order and Congressional action – that will keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, while respecting the right of law-abiding Americans to own a gun.“As the President described, this requires a multifaceted approach, including universal background checks, making sure … Continue Reading

...ent, for example, by failing to protect their stores of weapons and failing to keep customers who have felony convictions from getting their hands on guns.Schiff is working with the Brady Center, an organization that has pushed for greater accountability for the gun industry, on his legislation. Schiff and the Brady Center say courts have interpreted the 2005 law too … Continue Reading