Al Sharpton on Gun Control Reverend; Civil Rights Activist; Democratic Candidate for President

Require background checks, licensing, and fingerprinting

Which principles do you support regarding guns:
• Renew the ban on the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
• Maintain the current level of enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
• Strengthen the enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
• Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
• Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
• Require a license for gun possession.
• Establish a national database of ballistic "fingerprints" to track guns used in criminal activities. Source: Vote-Smart Presidential National Political Awareness Test Jan 8, 2004

  Supports federal gun licensing & registration

  Q: Do you support licensing and registration at the federal level?

  SHARPTON: I support it. We must do whatever we can to regulate how guns are used. I've been a victim of a stabbing. Violence is something very serious in this country. We must take it seriously. We have the right to bear arms, but we don't have the right in the Constitution to vote, we don't have the right to health care. We need to evaluate what we are as a country, and part of that is regulating people's ability to get firearms.

  Source: Democratic Debate in Columbia SC May 3, 2003

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