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Monday, June 06, 2022

Bill that would extend gun prohibitions to people convicted of hate crimes stalled at federal level

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There are stronger calls for stricter gun laws following recent mass shootings, but several pieces of gun control legislation, mainly pushed by Democrats, are stalled at the federal level. 

One of the bills is known by the authors as the Disarm Hate Act and was introduced last year in both the House and Senate. That piece of legislation hasn't seen any movement since being introduced. The bill would prohibit someone convicted of a hate crime, or who has received an enhanced sentence because it was a hate crime, from purchasing a gun.

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Good, I'm glad. Nowadays being white and looking crosseyed at somebody is considered a hate crime and the way things are going, pretty soon we'll be charged with it.