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elleng

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Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:51 PM Sep 2015

O’Malley gun violence prevention plan includes universal background checks, assault weapons ban.

Democratic presidential candidate to roll out plan in New York on Monday.

Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley calls for universal background checks, fingerprint licensing for gun purchases and a rejection of federally mandated concealed carry in a plan he says will "prevent and reduce" gun violence.

His plan, to be unveiled at a gun safety roundtable at Boys and Girls Harbor in New York City, would also ban “assault weapons” and close loopholes he says currently make women vulnerable to gun violence."

“Week after week, more images of horrific gun violence flash across our TV and computer screens,” the former Maryland governor’s presidential campaign says in a memo outlining the plan, obtained exclusively by WMUR.com.

“These tragedies aren’t isolated incidents. They are part of a full-blown and entirely preventable epidemic.

“We cannot afford to sit by and let this constant heartbreak become the norm. As a nation, it is time for sensible gun safety laws that save lives,” the O’Malley campaign says.

O’Malley would require background checks for all gun sales and would end all unregulated internet sales. He would also strengthen the background check process.

The plan requires all gun buyers to receive a “fingerprint-based license and complete safety training with a waiting period, in addition to passing a background check.” O’Malley’s campaign said he implemented a similar program in Maryland.

O’Malley calls for extending the same requirements to private sales by requiring all sales to be completed through licensed dealers.

He wants to ban anyone younger than 21 from purchasing guns and would set up federal safety standards for gun storage.

He would also oppose any attempt by Congress to impose a federal concealed carry law and would propose greater protections for women by closing the “boyfriend loophole,” ban guns for those subject to an emergency restraining order and “disarm those convicted of committing domestic violence.”

The plan further calls for establishment of a national firearms registry, a mandate that all lost or stolen firearms be reported to law enforcement and a ban on the sale and distribution of “assault weapons.”

For a detailed look at O’Malley’s plan, click here.

http://www.wmur.com/politics/omalley-gun-violence-prevention-plan-includes-universal-background-checks-assault-weapons-ban/35256086

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O’Malley gun violence prevention plan includes universal background checks, assault weapons ban. (Original Post) elleng Sep 2015 OP
Run Martin Run! JustAnotherGen Sep 2015 #1
The only candidate who has it right about gun control. Koinos Sep 2015 #2
O'Malley's plan is very impressive. askew Sep 2015 #3

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
2. The only candidate who has it right about gun control.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 09:52 AM
Sep 2015

His plan is detailed, comprehensive, and rational.

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