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Warren's plan

Elizabeth Warren Introduces Sweeping Gun Control Plan : NPR

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a sweeping gun control plan Saturday with the goal of reducing gun deaths by 80% through executive action and legislation.

Good goal for sure.

She is also reiterating her desire to eliminate the filibuster to pass gun legislation, citing the fact that a majority of Americans support gun restrictions, and her belief that gun control could pass in the Senate.

Not sure but sounds good to me.

But Warren is going beyond some of the more commonly discussed ideas, such as stricter background checks or a ban on assault weapons.

All for stricter background checks. Not for a ban but okay for more restrictions on assault weapons (e.g. training, waiting period, more rigorous tracking, required gun safes etc.)

Her plan calls for creating a federal licensing system, limiting the number of firearms someone could buy, raising the minimum age to 21 for purchasing a gun,

Good with licensing system (don't we already have this) and raising the min age. Disagree with limiting number of firearms but do add additional gun control rigor

holding gun manufacturers liable (and, in some cases, even holding gun industry CEOs personally liable).

Don't see how this is possible? Negligence maybe?

She also wants to raise taxes for gun manufacturers (from 10% to 30% on guns and from 11% to 50% on ammunition).

Good with this.

Additionally, Warren's plan calls for $100 million annual investment into gun violence research. She points out that the frequency of automobile deaths in the United States declined with widespread safety measures, such as seat belts and air bags. With the same approach, she says, her goal of an 80% reduction in gun-related deaths could be achieved.

Good with this, makes alot of sense to me.

On Friday, Warren also called on Walmart to stop selling guns. It's an idea that has been echoed by fellow Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker, as well as Julián Castro.

I am good with limiting the sale of "assault" weapons to limited/specialized dealers but to ask Walmart to stop selling .22, hunting rifles/shotguns etc. seems counter productive to her cause.


Appreciate Warren laying it out there. The misses I see are:

1) Mental health assistance/focus including suicides
2) More funding to reduce criminal violence
3) Harsher penalties on repeat gun felons (or are we okay here already?)