Quote:Omnibus spending bill passes the House, with two losses for NRA and a win for sanity

Quote:Those wins are more than symbolic. While the Fix NICS bill to expand background checks on gun sales is far from a solution, the fact that it wasn't paired with the bill that Republicans were insisting it on—a national concealed carry permit reciprocity—is pretty huge. Republican leadership totally blinked on that one, in the face of Freedom Caucus outrage.

Likewise, the bill finally, after two decades, will essentially lift the ban on CDC gun violence research, something that Democrats have been talking about for those two decades.

Quote:Vermont Legislature Passes Sweeping Gun Restrictions

Quote:Lawmakers in Vermont, a place long steeped in hunting culture, on Friday approved a sweeping package of new gun restrictions, making the state all but certain to join Florida in passing a raft of new gun control measures after a teenage gunman killed 17 people last month at a high school in Parkland, Fla.
Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has vowed to sign the measure. It represents a remarkable departure from the state’s existing gun laws, which are some of the weakest in the country — and an about-face for Mr. Scott, who decided to consider new gun control measures only after a teenager was accused of plotting a school shooting in Vermont in the days after the violence in Parkland.
“No state is immune to the risk of extreme violence,” Mr. Scott said in a statement on Friday, adding, “If we are at a point when our kids are afraid to go to school and parents are afraid to put their kids on a bus, who are we?”

(March 31, 2018 at 12:45 am)Minimalist Wrote: Baby steps, but a continuation of a welcome trend.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/us/ve...ss&emc=rss

Quote:Vermont Legislature Passes Sweeping Gun Restrictions

Quote:Lawmakers in Vermont, a place long steeped in hunting culture, on Friday approved a sweeping package of new gun restrictions, making the state all but certain to join Florida in passing a raft of new gun control measures after a teenage gunman killed 17 people last month at a high school in Parkland, Fla.
Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, has vowed to sign the measure. It represents a remarkable departure from the state’s existing gun laws, which are some of the weakest in the country — and an about-face for Mr. Scott, who decided to consider new gun control measures only after a teenager was accused of plotting a school shooting in Vermont in the days after the violence in Parkland.
“No state is immune to the risk of extreme violence,” Mr. Scott said in a statement on Friday, adding, “If we are at a point when our kids are afraid to go to school and parents are afraid to put their kids on a bus, who are we?”

Quote:Family believes St. Louis boy was looking for candy when he found a gun – and killed his brother, 7

(April 3, 2018 at 5:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Responsible gun owners store firearms safely.