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* Originally By: Thomas Kryston
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* Originally To: All
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* Originally Re: Guns and "Abusive" parents
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* Original Area: FIDO-AEN_News Service
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* Forwarded by : Blue Wave v2.12
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BILL TO DENY GUNS TO ABUSIVE SPOUSES.
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WASHINGTON (AP) October 20, 1993
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Several women lawmakers rallied around New Jersey Rep. Robert Torricelli
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yesterday as he offered a bill designed to keep guns away from people
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convicted of battering their wives or abusing their children.
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"There is nothing between an abusing spouse and a handgun. There is no
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restraint of law," the New Jersey Democrat said as he explained how his
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'Domestic Violence Firearm Prevention Act" could reduce the number of
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women and children killed each year.
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Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., introduced the companion Senate bill.
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The federal legislation is modeled on restrictions already are on the books
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in Minnesota and California.
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Currently, gun ownership is prohibited for anyone convicted of a felony or
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deemed mentally incompetent. The proposed legislation would add to the
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list anyone convicted of misdemeanor crimes involving violence against a
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spouse or child, as well as those people under court order to stay away
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from a family member.
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Torricelli called his legislation complementary to the Brady bill, which
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would give law enforcement officers five days to conduct background checks
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of potential gun buyers. The Brady bill, which is soon expected to come
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before Congress, has the supportof the Clinton administration.
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Torricelli said he became interested in this aspect of gun control after
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a Rutherford, N.J., a woman won a restraining order against her husband,
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only to be murdered by him in fornt of her children.
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Note: Remember Linda's post about the "Child Abusing" spouse that smoked
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in front of her child. According to this article, that person would be
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prohibitted from owning a handgun. (see first paragraph).
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Again I state, if a bill such as this passes, then you will see the
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definition of "child abusers" include wide-ranges. I forsee anyone
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convicted of DWI or DUI being labeled a child abuser. In fact it would
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NOT surprise me to see anyone "convicted" or fined by the EPA to be labeled
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a "child abuser" (After all they "abused" Mother Earth, what do you think
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they do to their own children)
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Do you spank your children? How about if you decide you do not want to
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vaccinate your children?
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The evil of this bill is their doublespeak and fallacious labeling. Since
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the majority of Americans do not abuse their child, they will see no wrong
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in preventing a "child abuser" or spouse abuser from obtaining a handgun.
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