In speech billed as 'plan' introduction, Sen. Marco Rubio outlines how he will address gun violence
Two weeks after a Florida school shooting that shook the nation and left 17 dead, Sen. Marco Rubio billed a Thursday floor speech as the moment he was going to introduce his “plan” to address gun violence.
But Rubio, R-Fla., did not roll out any new legislation rather listing a series of existing and hypothetical bills that he would support, urging his colleagues to do the same.
“Ultimately, there are things that we can do that have widespread bipartisan support that we can act on that we can pass that will actually make a difference. These are impactful things,” he said.
His plan involves supporting existing bills written by his Senate colleagues, including the FIX NICS bill, which would strengthen the existing background check system and the Stop School Violence Act, written by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to increase security and training at schools and establish school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams.
Rubio also said he plans to propose new bills to create gun violence restraining orders, propose new changes to the federal Promise safety program to prioritize reporting dangerous students to law enforcement and prosecute attempts to purchase guns by people prohibited from doing so, including straw purchases that involve a third party, known as “try and lie.”
But Rubio, R-Fla., did not roll out any new legislation rather listing a series of existing and hypothetical bills that he would support, urging his colleagues to do the same.
“Ultimately, there are things that we can do that have widespread bipartisan support that we can act on that we can pass that will actually make a difference. These are impactful things,” he said.
His plan involves supporting existing bills written by his Senate colleagues, including the FIX NICS bill, which would strengthen the existing background check system and the Stop School Violence Act, written by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, to increase security and training at schools and establish school threat assessment and crisis intervention teams.
Rubio also said he plans to propose new bills to create gun violence restraining orders, propose new changes to the federal Promise safety program to prioritize reporting dangerous students to law enforcement and prosecute attempts to purchase guns by people prohibited from doing so, including straw purchases that involve a third party, known as “try and lie.”
Source: abcnews.go
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