Mr. Buck yes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. My amendment specifically amends the bill in front of us. It doesnt ask another committee to take it up. Number one. Number two, it talks about risk factors that are included in our bill specifically page 22 of our bill and makes sure that a veterans use of a a veterans use of a firearm previously is not considered a risk factor because that veteran was serving his country and had authority to use that weapon. I want to make sure we are protecting veterans and it is i believe germane to the underlying bill that were considering. Mr. Nadler im prepared the chair is prepared to rule on the point of order. The chair rules the point of order is well taken, the bill is not im sorry, the amendment is not within the jurisdiction of the committee, although it amends this bill, any amendment obviously would amend this bill, it requires actions to be taken by the department of Veterans Affairs under fitele 38 and we have under title 38 and we have no jurisd
Many levels and i want to take us back to the underlying bill and extreme Risk Protection order act. Which would incentivize states and localities to implement extreme risk laws, which is simply common sense. And i wanted to bring forward our experience in my home state of washington, which became the fourth state in the nation to pass an extreme risk law in 2016. Since we have implemented that law in Washington State, and weve supported it with county resources to help enforce the law by also recovering firearms from people ordered to surrender them by a judge, a number of people at risk of suicide have been referred. According to kimberly wyatt, who runs the king county program, she has, quote, seen folks who were in the midst of the Behavioral Health crisis come into court and thank Law Enforcement for saving their lives. Late last year Law Enforcement in Washington State prevented a possible mass shooting after someone flagged a potential threat. And that was a man who posted image
October’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, was one of more than a dozen high-profile attacks carried out by people who retained their gun rights after hospitalization during a mental health crisis.
Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have laws that allow a judge to order temporary removal of someone’s gun if the judge believes they would use it to hurt others or themselves.
Democrats want to pass red flag, safe storage and universal background check laws when they take charge in January. Most research say the measures can reduce gun deaths, but much is inconclusive.