Catching up on a Senate hearing from last week relating to the Violence Against Women Act and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) actually in here urging restoring people's right to have guns who have been convicted of "misdemeanor offenses," aka domestic violence.
"Should a misdemeanor stand as the line crossed for an individual to lose a constitutional right?" asks Daines.
He's talking about Dem efforts to include the "boyfriend loophole" in the next VAWA bill. That would prevent convicted stalkers + abusers from buying or owning guns.
He's talking about Dem efforts to include the "boyfriend loophole" in the next VAWA bill. That would prevent convicted stalkers + abusers from buying or owning guns.
"We don't need more infringements on the right to keep and bear arms," says Daines. "We need to restore it."
He is saying this in a hearing specifically focused on the horrific levels of violence faced by Native American women.
He is saying this in a hearing specifically focused on the horrific levels of violence faced by Native American women.
"Women do not need more gun control," says Daines. "Gun rights are women's right."
What?
What?
For some context on abusive partners and guns:
A gun makes it 5 times more likely that an abusive partner will kill his female victim + nearly half of all women killed in the U.S. are murdered by an intimate partner. huffpost.com/entry/lawmaker…
A gun makes it 5 times more likely that an abusive partner will kill his female victim + nearly half of all women killed in the U.S. are murdered by an intimate partner. huffpost.com/entry/lawmaker…
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