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Red flag laws allow law enforcement to take guns away from individuals who have had complaints filed against them that they are a danger with little due process.
But the Safer Communities Act would “force states with red flag laws to adopt strict and comprehensive due process before they qualify for funding,” Cornyn said.
The bill also includes a provision to close a so-called “boyfriend loophole,” which is unrelated to causes of the Uvalde shooting. It includes prohibiting those with a domestic violence record from purchasing a firearm
“Unless you are convicted of domestic violence, this will have NO IMPACT on your gun rights,” Cornyn said.
Fourteen House Republicans voted for the bill: Steve Chabot (Ohio), Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Penn.), Tony Gonzales (Texas), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Christopher Jacobs (N.Y.), David Joyce (Ohio), John Katko (N.Y.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Peter Meijer (Mich.), Tom Rice (S.C.), Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Michael Turner (Ohio), and Fred Upton (Mich.).
Three Republicans didn’t vote; 193 voted against it.
Fifteen Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, voted for it: Roy Blunt (Mo.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), John Cornyn (Texas), Joni Ernst (Iowa), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Mitt Romney (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.), Pat Toomey (Pa.), and Todd Young (Ind.).
Two Republicans didn’t vote; 33 voted against it. Blunt, Burr, Toomey and Portman aren’t running for reelection.
The vote came after the Supreme Court issued the most significant Second Amendment ruling in over a decade, handing a win to the National Rifle Association, which challenged a New York law in NYSRPA v. Bruen. The court held that the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm outside their home.
What the Supreme Court got right, the NRA argues, Congress got wrong.
While it supports “school safety with dedicated resources at the federal level, an investment in better access to, and quality of, mental health care,” the NRA said it won’t support “senseless gun control measures that some in Congress have already said is just a first step that ‘paves the way’ for additional gun control that will only infringe on the rights of the law-abiding.”
The bills “were hastily jammed through with ambiguous language and overbroad definitions to appease gun control supporters in Congress,” the NRA added.
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