Democrat Party Platform: Ban Online Ammo Sales, License All Gun Owners
The 2020 Democrat Party platform is rife with gun controls that include an all-out ban on online ammunition sales and a push to require every state in the Union to license gun owners.
Theย 2020 platformย also continues a pledge to secure universal background checks, which have existed in California since the 1990s and are currently in place in New York, New Jersey, and other states rife with gun violence.
Gabby Giffordsโs gun control law centerย reportsย 13 states in total have such checks.
The Democratโs platform also pledges a ban on online gun sales and efforts to prohibit โsome individuals convicted of assault or battery to buy and possess firearms.โ Additionally, Democrats willย โban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high capacity magazinesโ and โpass legislation requiring that guns be safely stored in homes.โ
The platform also makes clear Democrats want to open gun makers up to lawsuits by โrepealing the law that shields gun manufacturers from civil liability.โ This is a reference to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005), which was put in place to protect gun makers from frivolous lawsuits in instances where the guns in question were legally made and legally sold.
Joe Biden has long campaigned on repealing the PLCAA and opening gun makers up to lawsuits.
On February 24, 2020, Breitbart Newsย reportedย Biden speaking in South Carolina, referencing gun makers and saying, โIโm going to take you down.โ
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