Cory Booker backs legislation that would throw Americans in jail for owning “assault weapons” if they do not give them up in a government buyback program.
Booker, a Democratic 2020 presidential hopeful, said that incarceration would be an option after a “reasonable period” following the buyback offer.
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“Again, we should have a law that bans these weapons, and we should have a reasonable period in which people can turn in these weapons. Right now we have a nation that allows in streets and communities like mine these weapons that should not exist,” Booker said on CNN on Monday.
Washingtonexaminer.com reports: Booker’s statement was in response to a question asked by CNN’s Poppy Harlow about his gun control proposals. “Senator Booker, before you go, one final question on your gun proposal since you just released it this morning: Your competitor in the 2020 race, Congressman Eric Swalwell has also, like you, proposed an assault weapons ban,” Harlow said.
“He’s proposing a buyback program where Americans who currently have those guns could sell them essentially to the government, but if they don’t, within a certain period of time, they would be prosecuted … thrown in jail, perhaps. Are you supportive of the same?”
Booker, 50, responded affirmatively that the law would be enforced with criminal sanctions after a “reasonable period.” He had said earlier: “The critical thing is, I think most Americans agree, that these weapons of war should not be on our streets.”
Earlier in the day, Booker unveiled a 14-part gun control plan, which included a ban on assault weapons including high capacity magazines.
“The biggest thing in the proposal is a national gun licensing program, which would force Americans to apply for 5-year gun licenses before obtaining a firearm. The process would include fingerprinting, an interview, gun safety courses, and a federal background check,” Booker said in a statement announcing the proposal.
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
Cory Booker is a Hooker for the Socialist Anti Americans.. AN enemy Combatant.
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Spartacus should concentrate on leading his ‘Slave Army’, and leave us ‘Freedom-Loving Patriots’ alone.
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Dems are going to LOSE in 2020 so they are going for other means to gain control. We all know assault weapons include semi automatic pistols which are used by sportsmen all over this planet. Go screw yourself you moron of a mayor. And we all know bans ONLY hurt law-abiding citizens. Screw YOU!
You know under Bill Clintion that Joe Biden wrote the last Assult Wepons Ban in the Late 1990s. It Sunsetted in a Clause in Leglestion like 8 years later..
Timmy Says Never Regester, and to use 35 Gallon Plastic Drums to Burry them in your Garden… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e8ef7a46af5e51e67bef63ce1c9983a35d003b796708855942be5146c8546167.jpg
Don’t worry. These insane politicians will never get anywhere with these schemes to make the most popular rifle in America disappear.