WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The White House is weighing a far broader
approach to curbing U.S. gun violence than just reinstating a ban on
assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the Washington Post
reported on Sunday.
A working group led by Vice
President Joseph Biden is seriously considering measures that would
require universal background checks for gun buyers and track the
movement and sale of weapons through a national database, the newspaper
said.
The measures would also strengthen mental
health checks and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or
giving them to minors, the Post said. The approach is backed by law
enforcement leaders, it said.
President Barack
Obama assigned Biden the job of designing the strategy after the
massacre at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school last month that
killed 20 children and six adults.
To sell such
changes, the White House is developing strategies to work around the
National Rifle Association (NRA), the powerful gun lobby.
Read it all here.
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Don't act surprised. We all knew they would try something...
Stay safe.
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