connecticut. thank you so much for your time. thank you. talk to me about why you believe this is a key start here. this illegal trafficking ban is a critical cornerstone of a comprehensive strategy to help stop gun violence. the reason is simply there is no law now incredibly, no law at all that prohibits illegal trafficking. we are talking about straw purchases where somebody buys a gun for another person who would be barred from buying a gun and also actions against experiences. the trafficking networks against the ringleaders and the kingpins who profit from the sales of illegal guns. 20 years in prison, potentially 30 year citizen maximum will spend a strong message and forfeiture of property and a range of measures that can be a
measures that he or she may not support. so hypothetically, a senator s opposition to a ban on assault weapons, under this strategy should not keep that senator from voting to support more security in schools or background checks or anything else. four separate bills unveiled today and scheduled for a vote in the senate on thursday. there is movement every day now on the guns issue that the beltway told us would never see any movement. it is happening now regardless. joining us now is senator richard blumenthal of connecticut who is a member of the judiciary committee. he is co-sponsoring the ammunition background check proposal introduced earlier this month. senator blumenthal, thanks for being here. thank you, rachel. as a member of the judiciary committee, do you think there is strategic significance in introducing these measures simply? i think it enables senators to be for one or thee and not necessarily all four. probably the most acceptable, the most palatable even to pote
her vote on one of those other measures that he or she may not support. so hypothetically, a senator s opposition to a ban on assault weapons under this strategy should not keep that senator from voting to support more security in schools or background checks or anything else. four separate bills unveiled today and scheduled for a vote in the senate on thursday. there is movement every day now on the guns issue that the beltway told us would never see any movement. it is happening now regardless. joining us now is senator richard blumenthal of connecticut who is a member of the judiciary committee. he is co-sponsoring the ammunition background check proposal introduced earlier this month. senator blumenthal, thanks for being here. thank you, rachel. as a member of the judiciary committee, do you think there is strategic significance in introducing these measures simply? i think it enables senators to be for one or thee and not necessarily all four. probably the most acceptable, t
ban. remember, the trafficking ban applies to straw purchases which incredibly are not prohibited now effectively under federal law. and straw purchases, it s legal for you to buy a gun, but then you deliver the gun to somebody for whom it would be illegal to purchase it. in effect, the licensed dealer is selling a gun to someone who knows is a straw purchaser, someone who is buying it for someone else. and that should be punished. and this bill would make it punishable. and of course school safety is very acceptable. the toughest climb will probably be the assault weapon ban. but remember tomorrow we re going to have a hearing on assault weapons. and just to give you a little bit of a preview, one of the witnesses is going to be a first responder who went to that school in sandy hook in newtown and saw the shattered bodies and blood and can tell the committee what these assault weapons do. another will be a parent of a child who was killed in one of those classrooms. so it s going
ban. remember, the trafficking ban applies to straw purchases which incredibly are not prohibited now effectively under federal law. and straw purchases, it s legal for you to buy a gun, but then you deliver the gun to somebody for whom it would be illegal to purchase it. in effect, the licensed dealer is selling a gun to someone who knows is a straw purchaser, someone who is buying it for someone else. and that should be punished. and this bill would make it punishable. and of course school safety is very acceptable. the toughest climb will probably be the assault weapon ban. but remember tomorrow we re going to have a hearing on assault weapons. and just to give you a little bit of a preview, one of the witnesses is going to be a first responder who went to that school in sandy hook in newtown and saw the shattered bodies and blood and can tell the committee what these assault weapons do. another will be a parent of a child who was killed in one of those classrooms. so it s going