Kansas GOP supports age restriction on some guns
Sen. Pat Roberts is voicing support for restricting access to semiautomatic rifles for those under the age of 21.
"Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15," the Kansas Republican said when speaking to reporters at the Kansas Statehouse, according to the The Wichita Eagle.
His stance echoes that of fellow Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Jeff Flake following the school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead.
In the wake of the mass shooting last week, there have been renewed calls on lawmakers for gun control measures, and his comments are the latest indication of a shift in the dialogue surrounding the issue, which many see as gridlocked.
"This is an opportunity, if you look at these youngsters who are so emotionally tied into this grief of losing their friends --- but it's more than gun control. But I think we're ready as a Congress to actually pass something, and I think it's going to be better background checks," Roberts said, according to the newspaper.
On Wednesday, Flake, an Arizona Republican, announced he was backing a bill that would increase the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle.
"A kid too young buy a handgun should be too young to buy an #AR15," Flake said in a tweet. "Working with @SenFeinstein on a bipartisan bill that will raise the minimum purchase age for non-military buyers from 18 to 21 -- the same age you currently have to be to purchase a handgun."
Freedom lovers every single one of them.
I await the King of backstabbers McStains sage wisdom on this subject.
I'm sure more gubmint will be the answer but that was baked in the cake.
I mean the gubmint never fucks anything up.
Sen. Pat Roberts is voicing support for restricting access to semiautomatic rifles for those under the age of 21.
"Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15," the Kansas Republican said when speaking to reporters at the Kansas Statehouse, according to the The Wichita Eagle.
His stance echoes that of fellow Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Jeff Flake following the school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead.
In the wake of the mass shooting last week, there have been renewed calls on lawmakers for gun control measures, and his comments are the latest indication of a shift in the dialogue surrounding the issue, which many see as gridlocked.
"This is an opportunity, if you look at these youngsters who are so emotionally tied into this grief of losing their friends --- but it's more than gun control. But I think we're ready as a Congress to actually pass something, and I think it's going to be better background checks," Roberts said, according to the newspaper.
On Wednesday, Flake, an Arizona Republican, announced he was backing a bill that would increase the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle.
"A kid too young buy a handgun should be too young to buy an #AR15," Flake said in a tweet. "Working with @SenFeinstein on a bipartisan bill that will raise the minimum purchase age for non-military buyers from 18 to 21 -- the same age you currently have to be to purchase a handgun."
Freedom lovers every single one of them.
I await the King of backstabbers McStains sage wisdom on this subject.
I'm sure more gubmint will be the answer but that was baked in the cake.
I mean the gubmint never fucks anything up.