Senator Warren and Mayor Menino Discuss Gun Violence Prevention
Warren is sponsoring three bills that would support gun control reform, a gun buyer background check, and making gun trafficking a federal crime.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed gun violence prevention on Friday, championing reforms including a criminal background check on anyone buying a gun in the country. "Now is the time to turn words into actions, to line up supporters and to mobilize all Americans behind common sense gun reform," Menino said after walking to the podium with a cane at the Parkman House. Menino joked with Warren, calling her the "senior" senator of Massachusetts, then turned serious about three major points key to gun violence prevention: Warren said she's sponsored three bills being unveiled next week that support those three points. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, is filing the Fix Gun Checks Act to close the gap in current …
Neil
2:45 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
This is really shocking: 1221 people have died of gun violence since the Newtown massacre on Dec 14. On gun appreciation day alone, 26 people died of gun violence. The Bushmaster AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, which was the weapon of choice in Newtown CT, Aurora CO and last weekend in Albuquerque NM, is a modified M-16 which US infantry carry. The weapon is designed to kill. The factors that make it… more ›