Issue Position: Gun Control

Issue Position

Common sense gun control has been for too long cast aside as a side issue, only considered in the aftermath of a tragedy. Having worked in the domestic violence space, Antoinette has seen how the ubiquity of guns affects our community's safety. Often, abusers will use gun violence or the threat of gun violence as a means of control.

This is why Antoinette believes that we need to close the "gun show loophole,' further restrict domestic abusers from purchasing a gun, reinstate the federal assault weapons ban, pass legislation requiring a universal background check for all gun purchases, and stop any conceal carry reciprocity which would lead to a race to the bottom and lower safety standards.

As a longtime law professor, Antoinette also believes that we need to repeal the liability laws that protect gun manufacturers in this country from any liability for crimes and acts committed with their products. No other industry has these types of wide-ranging protections, and neither should the gun lobby. The United States owns almost half of the guns in the world with only 5% of the world's population, we need federal supports for municipal buyback programs that can get guns off of our streets. That's why Antoinette supports the Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2017, which would appropriate a $360 Million gun buyback initiative through the DOJ.

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