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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: txradioguy on October 06, 2015, 02:32:38 AM
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton threatened Monday to use unilaterally implement a new gun control plan if Congress does not pass her measures.
Her push for further gun control measures comes in the wake of the tragic shooting at a community college campus in Oregon last week.
The campaign platform includes a call for federal legislation mandating background checks on all private firearms transfers and sales. Clinton also wants to repeal the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.â€
This legislation, which protects gun manufacturers and dealers from negligence when a firearm is used in an act of violence, was passed by both chambers and signed in 2005 by President George W. Bush. Clinton, who voted against the bill when she was a New York senator, said the legislation is a “dangerous law.â€
http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/05/clinton-ill-use-administrative-actions-to-implement-gun-control-plan/#ixzz3nlr1xtJP