Republican Candidate for District 4 Jim Marchant talks about gun control and immigration policies. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke about his response and continued policy ideas about guns and gun control to the Review-Journal after a panel of other topics. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pete Buttigieg talks about his campaign for the 2020 election and how Nevada is a vision of what the future can be.
On Monday, the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees held a joint hearing on Assembly Bill 291. It would ban bump stocks and allow local governments to pass additional restrictions on firearms.
Faced with a difficult question about the background check bill, a lawyer for Everytown for Gun Safety recommended violating federal law.
Review-Journal columnist Victor Joecks talks with March for Our Lives Las Vegas college student facilitator Denise Hooks about gun control.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Signs Marjory Stoneman Douglas Gun Bill Scott signed the bill Friday, The law is known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act and increases restrictions on gun control, but also allows for some teachers to be armed. The law also:
• Raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21
• Extends a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases to include long guns • Bans bump stocks The $400 million bill marks Scott’s break with the National Rifle Association, which opposes raising age limits to buy weapons or imposing new waiting periods.
On Monday, House Democrats introduced an assault weapons ban. Of the 193 Democrats in the House, 168 are sponsors or co-sponsors, including Nevada’s three House Democrats.
Victor Joecks interviews David Chipman, Giffords Senior Policy Advisor, about the recent shooting in Florida and how to stop an event like this from occurring again.
Being a shooting victim doesn’t make you an expert on ending gun violence. You wouldn’t know that from watching CNN.