Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), one of the lead negotiators of gun legislation in the Senate, tells CNN's John Berman what is included in the bipartisan gun safety bill and how a group of senators agreed to close the "boyfriend loophole" in domestic violence laws. Then, CNN's John King speaks with a panel about what comes next for the bill.
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Senator explains how colleagues closed ‘boyfriend loophole’ in gun bill
Watching from Ireland , we feel so sad and confused for America what is going on with your country???
@YamiCS80 I disagree but I can’t prove it.
@Dispicable Dave Oh yes on gun control you are correct most want change. Me included. I just meant overall on many issues. I don’t know percents I’m just saying our country is at each others throats and there’s just a huge division on lots of things and it’s depressing and I don’t know how we got here.
We have no freaking idea.
Maybe start by explaining what ‘boyfriend loophole’ for new viewers that aren’t familiar, terrible journalism.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ6G05WKfac It’s finally here
I agree.
@The TacoCat Gay!
In a nutshell, current federal regulation prevents a person convicted of domestic abuse *against a spouse* from buying a gun. But, it doesn’t apply if the abused was only a girlfriend or boyfriend, even if they lived together. Closing the boyfriend loophole means anyone, convicted of domestic abuse, may not have a gun, even if they were not married to the abused.
You still have 35 of the best senators money can buy
Are you giving the NRA a lil’ pep talk?
@E. I would like to give them a good talking to,but I cant afford the price of admission to their club
As a firearm owner myself I will say that unless and until the government mandates psychological exams before and bi-annually after gun sale you will continue to have these atrocities occur. No one ever has their heads checked out… no one ever has since 1776, and that has to change.
@Billy SBC I’ll bet everything i own that i pass and you don’t
@Point Blank
And you’re ready to find out, so that’s a good start. Let’s go.
@Dougis Makis Who gives 2 shits if people get pissed?
@Randi Bagley-Goodwin Politicans.
This is a positive move ,it’ll show the country that our representatives care about us and are listening.
“Care” and “listening” are a stretch, but it shows they are sorta willing to try…
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AMEN & THX B TO GOD!!! This will definitely help & w/o infringement on law abiding gun owners🙏👍
No it doesn’t. Schools are still dangerously unsafe.
The massive issue in mental health. These predators will move to another weapon… aka cars, knives, black market, etc…
It doesn’t treat the problem, though, because not all gunners, obviously, would be disgruntled boyfriends.
It’s all show and very little value with everything they do. They know it. Just politics at play.
Yes, it is low hanging fruit but still necessary to do it.
Wasn’t there a old saying that said “You can’t put a price tag on life”?
@George Furman Some of your post is accurate but once again, you tend to believe that tens of millions of ppl think the exact same way on any given issue & that quite simply defies logic
@John Dough no. You are assuming. I place my ideas only to contribute to the conversation. How are we going to find common ground if not by exposing our imperfect comprehension on the issues if not by doing it ?? As I said to others. Take it or leave it or challenge it and find out the explanation that may lead us to understand better. This is not a competition to see who agrees with us more or less. We are knowing others way of thinking by exchanging this conversations. That is all. You are free to agree or agree to disagree.
@George Furman I’m not assuming anything. Your statement was clear that all Americans feel the same & that just isn’t true.
@John Dough think as you like. Good luck.
Is the drinking loophole closed?
Where someone can buy a gun but can’t buy drink? That one is dumb
@Sarah’s Attic Of Treasures so you believe an 18 year old can defend and die for your freedom but shouldn’t be able enjoy those freedoms
@Point Blank If you mean those who are in the military, they are under strict supervision, and can’t take their weapon off base. Try again.
From what I’ve read, the age is not being raised to 21. It should be, or if not, background checks should include juvenile records, for those under 21.
In principle I am against raising the age to buy a firearm to 21. I would not however be opposed to raising the age of adult hood to 21. If you are an adult you are an adult with all rights and privileges. The only reason adult hood was lowered to 18 was to send them to war. Why not wait until 21 for everything.
@Deborah Freedman so military members under 21 can die for your freedom but shouldn’t be able to legally own a firearm at home
Even if God said “Let all guns disappear from the Earth” the gun would just be reinvented.
So what?
Let’s not bring religion into this.
I wish our Senators would support REAL gun/violence control measures.
The share of homicides committed by dating partners has been increasing for three decades, and now women are as likely to be killed by dating partners as by spouses.
Agreed. Total combat weapon arms ban
@YamiCS80 define the combat weapon you want banned & tell us why?
@YamiCS80 Don’t worry about responding to “Dough boy”. He’s just looking to try to poke holes in everything you say. All he does is use the ridiculous reich-side wingnuts “blame everything else but guns” bullshit.
The share of homicides committed by dating partners has been increasing for three decades, and now women are as likely to be killed by dating partners as by spouses.
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up…! 🤞🥳🤞
And lock up his cronies too – Bannon, Barr, Boebert, Carlson, Conway, Cruz, Gaetz, Graham, Greene, Giuliani, Johnson, Ivanka, McCarthy, McEnany, Pence, Powell, Trump Jr…
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But we can’t get a bill that raises the age for semi automatic gun purchases? Yet you have to be 21 to buy alcohol and/or cigarettes?
I have always respected and kept my second amendment low key. These dipshits walking into Walmart and Safeway’s with AR-15 because it’s their right are the reason we are losing our Second Amendment.
And they are the reason we should lose it. It has been a helluva long time since most had any respect for the 2nd amendment. People act like it doesn’t have any limits. But it does. Especially since we have, long ago, established our well-regulated militia.
Talk, Talk,Talk and no one has interviewed the person who sold the weapon to the mass murderer.
I just don’t understand why it is so hard to get REAL gun control laws passed in this country? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE?