The Huffington Post: on Gun Control
Andrew Yang:
Would push for "personalized" guns, subsidize upgrading
Yang would push for Americans to upgrade their firearms to "personalized" guns. These types of firearms use technology such as fingerprint readers or other biometric sensors to prevent unauthorized users from firing them. "If we can convince
Americans that personalized guns are a good idea then ... if the child gets ahold of the gun then they can't do anything with it," he said. "One of my proposals is to help gun owners upgrade their guns to personalized guns free of charge."
Source: Huffington Post on 2019 Democratic primary
Aug 11, 2019
Antonio Villaraigosa:
Member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors in 700 cities joined in support of President Barack Obama's call for Congress to adopt the most sweeping gun control measures in more than 20 years, including increased background checks and bans on assault weapons and large ammunition clips.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a member of the national Mayors Against Illegal Guns campaign, said: "We know, because we've been through this before, through the passage of time, resolution to change withers. This time, we cannot allow that to happen."
Villaraigosa said he supports the package presented by Obama, adding he will seek to have the city's three pension funds divest themselves of any money invested with arms or ammunition manufacturers. "I don't want to see the city make one quarter, not
one dime, from the manufacturers of these weapons of war," Villaraigosa said. The mayor said he was asking for a report on the extent of the investments and what would be involved in any divestment strategy.
Source: Huffington Post on 2014 California governor's race
Jan 17, 2013
Antonio Villaraigosa:
Ban sales of assault weapons and Saturday night specials
When he was speaker of the state Assembly, Villaraigosa was the co-author of legislation banning the sales of assault weapons and Saturday night specials in the state. "California should join with
New York in again becoming a national leader on this issue," Villaraigosa said. The New York legislature this week adopted a series of tough measures designed to control gun sales.
Source: Huffington Post on 2014 California governor's race
Jan 17, 2013
John Hickenlooper:
Universal background checks & ban on high capacity magazines
Tancredo said his choice to run against Hickenlooper again was partially to do with the governor's push for new gun control laws. Hickenlooper's popularity has slipped in recent months, arguably due to controversial legislation he signed into law that
Democratic lawmakers passed in the statehouse including universal background checks on all firearm sales and transfers and a ban on high capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.
However it's difficult to say with certainty just how much the state's strict new gun control laws play into voters' feelings on Hickenlooper.
In early 2013 polling, Colorado voters overwhelmingly favored universal background check legislation and a strong majority supported a ban on high capacity magazines which hold more than 10 rounds.
Source: Huffington Post on 2014 Colorado Governor race
Dec 6, 2013
Tim Kaine:
Limit high-capacity clips to no more than ten bullets
Tim Kaine said that he supports measures to restrict the number of bullets that can be fired from a single magazine. "[The proposal by Carolyn McCarthy is the] kind of legislation that I've long supported," Kaine said, of legislation that would limit
high-capacity clips to no more than ten bullets, "back from the days when there was an assault weapons ban, before it expired.""I have long been a supporter of what I think are reasonable regulations, the kind of contemplated, frankly, by the Second
Amendment, and I think those and others would be reasonable," Kaine said. "In Virginia we worked in the aftermath of Virginia Tech to do some important things on the databases of folks who have been adjudicated mentally ill and dangerous so that they
couldn't purchase guns."
Kaine's backing of McCarthy's measure is not--at least in these times--necessarily surprising. Though he is a prominent supporter of the Second Amendment, other gun rights enthusiasts have said they are open to the idea as well
Source: Huffington Post report on "Political Capital with Al Hunt"
Jan 21, 2011
Tom Foley:
Newtown law added inconveniences on law-abiding citizens
Tom Foley is critical of the state's sweeping gun control laws passed after the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown. But when asked what measures he would support, Foley wouldn't say.Foley declined to take a position on the Connecticut
law that prohibits the sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The ban was signed into law by Gov. Dan Malloy (D) last year as part of a comprehensive package that also expanded background checks for private gun sales and broadened
the state's assault weapons ban to include newer firearms models. "I'm not going to rewrite the bill, but there were a lot of inconveniences put on law-abiding citizens that wouldn't have prevented what happened in Newtown," Foley said. "These guns were
bought with a background check and everything was legal. My bill would have been different." When pressed further on what that alternative bill might look like, Foley said, "I'm not going to answer that question."
Source: Huffington Post on 2014 Connecticut gubernatorial race
Aug 7, 2014
Tom Tancredo:
Running in opposition to new gun control laws
Tancredo said his choice to run against Hickenlooper again was partially to do with the governor's push for new gun control laws. Hickenlooper's popularity has slipped in recent months, arguably due to controversial legislation he signed into law that
Democratic lawmakers passed in the statehouse including universal background checks on all firearm sales and transfers and a ban on high capacity magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.
However it's difficult to say with certainty just how much the state's strict new gun control laws play into voters' feelings on Hickenlooper.
In early 2013 polling, Colorado voters overwhelmingly favored universal background check legislation and a strong majority supported a ban on high capacity magazines which hold more than 10 rounds.
Source: Huffington Post on 2014 Colorado Governor race
Dec 6, 2013
Page last updated: Aug 04, 2024