The Senate will vote on a couple of gun safety amendments today that were offered by Democratic senators. The Feinstein amendment is to close the so-called “terror gap,” i.e., to make sure people who are suspected of being terrorists or having ties to terrorism can’t go buy assault rifles. The Murphy amendment expands mandatory background checks to all gun sales and improves information in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
If you support these commonsense gun safety measures, please call your US senator and let him or her know that. If you think suspected terrorists should be able to buy assault rifles and believe it’s okay to exempt gun shows, etc., from background checks, please don’t call anyone, and don’t leave your home until your mom or caregiver pins a note to your shirt with your address and phone number so you can be returned if you wander into traffic.