2020 Vice Presidential prospects: on Gun Control


Tim Ryan: Supports universal background checks

The other bill is a comprehensive universal background check that 90% of the American people support. This is a pretty popular thing. I wish everything in Washington, D.C. had 90% support of the American people. This does. It's common sense. We can do something that 90% of American people agree upon. It would prevent a lot of gun violence.
Source: CNN State of the Union interview for Dems' 2020 Veepstakes Aug 25, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand: Machine gun registration is framework for assault weapons

what you want to use is the current law that has placed different types of weapons, required registration, like machine guns. We did this in the past, and we made machine guns illegal. And, if you owned them, they had to be registered, and they had to have certain kinds of fingerprinting for anyone who owns it. So you can use the same framework.
Source: ABC This Week interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 18, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand: Senate would pass gun laws if allowed to vote

I think things are changing since kids have been marching and demanding action. You've seen a level of advocacy that I've never seen before. If Mitch McConnell would have the courage to call us back into Washington to vote, we would pass the universal background checks bill and we would pass the bill that I wrote which is anti-gun trafficking which the last time we voted on it got fifty-eight votes. We only needed sixty. I believe we have the momentum behind us to pass that as well.
Source: CBS Face the Nation interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 11, 2019

Michael Bennet: Background checks work in Colorado, should work nationally

My state--which is a Western state, the Second Amendment state--passed the background checks that are waiting for Mitch McConnell to put on the floor. Every year, about 2 or 3% of the people that try to buy a gun in Colorado can't buy a gun; and they are murderers and they are domestic abusers and they are convicted felons of violent crimes. There is nobody who could defend any of those people having a firearm. If we can do it in Colorado, certainly, we could do it nationally.
Source: CBS Face the Nation interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 11, 2019

Julian Castro: The answer to mass shooting is not more guns

We need to enact common sense gun reform. This happened in Texas, where we have concealed carry, we have open carry, we have campus carry, we have one of the highest rates of gun ownership. That shooter knew that he was walking into a situation where a lot of folks there could be carrying a weapon. That didn't stop him. The answer is not more guns. The answer is to make sure that these weapons of war don't get into the hands of people who go and use them on the street.
Source: ABC This Week interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 4, 2019

Keisha Lance Bottoms: Congress should enact gun safety legislation immediately

Bottoms has joined more than 200 other mayors urging immediate action on gun-safety legislation. "Public servants have an obligation to protect the lives of those we are entrusted to serve," Bottoms said. "We need strong leadership willing to prevent heinous, senseless acts of violence. If we are truly serious about preventing one more family from knowing the pain of losing someone to another gun tragedy, we need Congress to enact commonsense gun safety legislation immediately."
Source: NewsFOX 5 Atlanta on 2020 Veepstakes Mar 7, 2019

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2020 Presidential contenders on Gun Control:
  Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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