Gun Control

Senate panel passes bill seeking to curb illegal gun purchases.

  

   The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday went along with President Obama’s plan to crack down on illegal gun trafficking and purchasing. The vote of 11-7, the Democratic-led committee approved the bill that will make it a federal crime to engage in "straw purchasing," or buying of guns on behalf of those who are not suppose to own them. The bill imposes a sentence of 15 years in prison. “It is designed to prevent criminals from using straw purchasers who can pass a background check and then hand those firearms to criminals," Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said The bill would also ban the weapons and limit magazines to 10 bullets.

  This means that by this bill passing people will have a harder time getting and selling firearms in America. It could possibly end gun violence and reduce the crime rate. This impacts the safety of American citizens and will make sure that not another Connecticut Massacre will occur anywhere else. Also upon the gun control bill it would widen background checks on gun buyers.
   The residents of California should know of this event so they can feel safe that this bill could possibly reduce the amount of guns in our neighborhoods.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-usa-guns-senate-idUSBRE92607I20130307