GUNS/NEW YORK/POLITICS: “Citing the activism of students around the country, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday [3-4-18] announced legislative measures that he will introduce in the coming weeks in an attempt to curb gun violence and prevent future mass shootings.
The first initiative calls for universal background checks, ensuring that no one with a felony conviction or who has been found to be mentally ill can buy a gun over the internet or at a gun show. Mr. Schumer, a Democrat, said at a news conference that he also would urge Congress to pass a law that would allow for protective court orders to temporarily take away firearms from a person who has shown a credible sign of harming themselves or others.
Finally, Mr. Schumer is asking for a formal debate on abolishing the sale of assault weapons. The Senate minority leader is seeking a floor vote on all three measures. Democratic-led bills to ban assault weapons have been introduced recently.
The measures, noted Mr. Schumer, are timed to coincide with a March 24 student-led march in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, in support of gun control and school safety. The march in Washington was planned in response to a Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff were killed.”
-Melanie Grayce West, “Schumer Proposes New Gun Laws,” The Wall Street Journal online, Mar. 4, 2018 05:50pm