Following the deadly shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and two teachers dead, the House Judiciary Committee appear to be working on a new bill called the “Protecting Our Kids Act” that could change certain rules to those that purchase guns.
The big standout is raising the lawful age of purchasing a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21, but there are other notes as well. These include creating federal offenses for gun trafficking and selling large-capacity magazines, as well as possibly introducing a criminal penalty for those that don’t meet requirements when it comes to the storage of firearms on residential premises.
Several Republicans, as well as many gun owners, are questioning the new bill, and what kind of effect it will have on future shootings. To discuss this in further detail, we’ve invited a spokesperson from the 2ndAmendment Foundation to provide their perspective.
- What do you think the biggest problem of the “Protecting Our Kids Act” is? The age limitation? The possibility of a penalty for someone that doesn’t properly store their gun? Something else?
- Senator Cory Booker believes that passing this bill may stop the “daily carnage” we’ve seen from mass shootings. Do you believe that is the case, or could this make things worse?
- Do you believe “federal offenses,” as they’re noted above, could even leave a dent in the sale of illegal guns?
- There has been a lot of talk in the past about the possibility of introducing more open-carry rules. Do you think this will go further to protecting innocent people rather than passing something like this act?
- If you were able to introduce measures to stop school shootings, how would you go about it? What would you include?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation and its members?
- Those interested can visit http://www.saf.org/.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community, a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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