WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Dan Meuser (R-9th, Dallas) says the recently announced bipartisan gun reform framework is ‘heading in the right direction.’ This comes as a bill from the framework is expected to introduced on the U.S. Senate floor soon.
On WKOK’s On The Mark, Congressman Meuser says it’s not necessarily a ‘gun reform’ bill, since it addresses other issues, “We do have mental illness issues. We do have school protection issues. There are things were there’s juvenile backgrounds that should be reviewed. If a juvenile committed all kinds of violent crimes when they were 16, I don’t see why they shouldn’t show up on background checks.”
However, Meuser says he still wants to see all the context of the framework before making a final decision on voting.
One other part of the framework he likes is the idea of early intervention to stop suspicious activity, “It’s only a family member, a police officer, or a health professional, that can alert the authorities that someone is saying or doing something online or in general that they’re going to harm themselves or someone else, then an intervention can take place, and then due process must take place in front of a judge.”
He says the bill also has no ‘kneejerk’ reaction, like ‘foolish’ bills from Democrats to ban certain firearms. He says those bills show Democrats ‘didn’t do their homework’ for some of the Uvalde shooting hearings. Hear more from Congressman Meuser on the WKOK Podcast Page or wherever you listen to podcasts.
