Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: Ending the Epidemic of Gun Violence/Only one party has a specific plan to end the scourge of gun violence that plagues our nation.This includes enhanced background checks & getting assault weapons off our streets. 1/11

Gun violence is a public health crisis in the United States. Over 100,000 people are shot and nearly 40,000 people die annually from guns—devastating countless families, friends, and communities. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunViolence

#Democrats can and will make gun violence a thing of the past. Addressing the gun violence crisis requires supporting evidence-based programs that prevent gun deaths from occurring in the first place,3/11
#DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunViolence

#Democrats will make mental health care more accessible and support suicide reduction initiatives, fund interventions to reduce homicides and gun violence in neighborhoods, and strengthen protections against domestic violence. 4/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #gunViolence

#Democrats will also ensure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have sufficient resources to study gun violence as a public health issue, including the ongoing health care, mental health, economic, & social costs that can affect survivors &their families for years.5/11

Dems will enact universal background checks,end online sales of guns &ammunition, close dangerous loopholes that allow stalkers,abusive partners, &some individuals convicted of assault or battery to buy &possess firearms & adequately fund the federal background check system.6/11

#Democrats will close the “Charleston loophole” and prevent individuals who have been convicted of hate crimes from possessing firearms.7/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunViolence

#Democrats will ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazines. 8/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunViolence

#Democrats will incentivize states to enact licensing requirements for owning firearms and extreme risk protection order laws that allow courts to temporarily remove guns from the possession of those who are a danger to themselves or others. 9/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough

#Democrats will pass legislation requiring that guns be safely stored in homes. 10/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunSafety

And #Democrats believe that gun companies should be held responsible for their products, just like any other business, and will prioritize repealing the law that shields gun manufacturers from civil liability.11/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Enough #GunViolence