Grassley Cruz Legislation
The Grassley Cruz Legislation is a bill that aims to achieve a variety of gun control issues in order to allow for greater safety from guns. The attempt to better gun safety is to first increase resources and tools for prosecuting criminals of these crimes. It is able to achieve this be criminalizing straw purchases of weapons along with adding additional penalties and qualifications for trafficking guns. The bill also aims to increase school safety. It does this by providing grants that will increase resources for schools to add security in order to help protect schools, this will be provided in the Secure Our school grants. The Bill additionally aims to address the issue of the mentally ill acquiring guns. First, it will give states incentives to provide mental health records to a federal database. It will also clarify what information is necessary and penalties will be imposed on upon states who fail to agree with this. This will increase the knowledge of people who are of mental disorders, who will not be sold guns, in order to protect them from others and themselves. Finally, it does not attempt to undermine the second amendment and includes a variety of pro-gun provisions. It does this by allowing for …show more content…
United States 1980. This was a ruling that allows congress to restrict firearms to a certain group of people, in this case the group being restricted was convicted felons. Another landmark case was Distict of Columbia vs Heller in which the courts ruled that the second amendment guarantees an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. In addition, that this firearm can constitutionally be used as self-defense. Therefore, the court has ruled that the second amendment must be upheld allowing people to own certain types of guns, however, congress is capable of restricting this
The Grassley Cruz Legislation is a bill that aims to achieve a variety of gun control issues in order to allow for greater safety from guns. The attempt to better gun safety is to first increase resources and tools for prosecuting criminals of these crimes. It is able to achieve this be criminalizing straw purchases of weapons along with adding additional penalties and qualifications for trafficking guns. The bill also aims to increase school safety. It does this by providing grants that will increase resources for schools to add security in order to help protect schools, this will be provided in the Secure Our school grants. The Bill additionally aims to address the issue of the mentally ill acquiring guns. First, it will give states incentives to provide mental health records to a federal database. It will also clarify what information is necessary and penalties will be imposed on upon states who fail to agree with this. This will increase the knowledge of people who are of mental disorders, who will not be sold guns, in order to protect them from others and themselves. Finally, it does not attempt to undermine the second amendment and includes a variety of pro-gun provisions. It does this by allowing for …show more content…
United States 1980. This was a ruling that allows congress to restrict firearms to a certain group of people, in this case the group being restricted was convicted felons. Another landmark case was Distict of Columbia vs Heller in which the courts ruled that the second amendment guarantees an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. In addition, that this firearm can constitutionally be used as self-defense. Therefore, the court has ruled that the second amendment must be upheld allowing people to own certain types of guns, however, congress is capable of restricting this