From Daily Caller: Jack Schlossberg wants states with weak gun laws to pay up when their firearms show up at New York crime scenes.
The 32-year-old grandson of President John F. Kennedy is running for the 12th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. Jerry Nadler. His proposal, dubbed the “Ricochet Rule,” would impose financial penalties on states that fail to conduct strong background checks for gun buyers, the New York Post reported.
The collected funds would go to federal investigators at the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
“We’re not saying anything about the Second Amendment,” Schlossberg told the Post. “There’s an illegal flow of guns into states across the country from a couple states with weaker gun laws. We should at least have a penalty to make sure that we can fund enforcement of this common sense idea.”
“We’re calling it the ‘Ricochet Rule’ because guns ricochet into New York from other states but accountability should as well,” he said.
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