{"id":3484,"date":"2011-02-23T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2011-02-23T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T01:22:28","slug":"schumers-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=3484","title":{"rendered":"Schumer’s proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chuck Schumer<\/a> is proposing “modest” new gun control. \u00a0According to WNYC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Under the plan endorsed by Schumer and Bloomberg<\/a>, states and federal authorities would be required to increase the percentage of denied gun permit applicants to the national gun database. The penalty for not reporting would be a loss of federal funding for crime prevention …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, \u00a0the Wall Street Journal tells a different story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday he will propose legislation requiring all gun buyers to undergo a background check<\/span> and broadly increasing penalties against states that don’t contribute names to the national background-check system …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My guess is that his bill will prohibit all private firearms transaction and he’s trying to bury it with the other stuff to make it\u00a0seem more innocuous.<\/p>\n