Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Metropolis Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks throughout an occasion to introduce his gun security c
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York Metropolis Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks throughout an occasion to introduce his gun security coverage agenda on the Heritage Christian Heart on December 5, 2019 in Aurora, Colorado.
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Mike Bloomberg, who has already helped bankroll a battle for gun reform as a personal citizen, on Thursday rolled out his gun security proposals for his 2020 presidential run.
Gun security is a passionate level for Bloomberg. He beforehand pledged $50 million to help Everytown for Gun Security, a corporation he helped present in 2014 to advertise gun reform.
The insurance policies Bloomberg laid out Thursday would require anybody who buys gun to cross a radical background test. It will shut the “personal sale loophole” by way of which individuals can extra simply purchase weapons from unlicensed sellers at gun reveals or on-line. It will require retailers to make use of gross sales data to trace weapons used for crimes — and notify police when individuals have been barred from utilizing a gun. A central system would monitor when a gun proprietor has a legal conviction or restraining order positioned on them, barring them from proudly owning firearms.
The proposal would additionally reverse President Donald Trump’s proposed firearm export rules, which make it simpler to sell weapons to foreign buyers. These rules are aimed toward serving to foster gross sales for gun corporations…