Sen. Harry Reid has introduced an amendment which would ban gun ownership by people convicted of misdemeanors under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, a 1994 law meant to prevent violence and harassment at abortion clinics.
The bill was in response to last week's shootings at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, according to Politico.com.
After the shooting in San Bernardino on Wednesday, Reid took to Twitter to say that the Senate Democrats plan to force a vote on the amendment.
We cannot allow ourselves to grow numb to gun violence or to feel powerless in the face of it. #SanBernandino
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 2, 2015
Gun violence has become a cancer on this nation. We must make common sense gun reforms that keep weapons out of dangerous hands.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 2, 2015
We're going to force the Senate to vote today on amendments that do something to stop gun violence.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 3, 2015
We are 337 days into 2015. We have had 355 mass shootings. Congress is complicit in this with our inaction. https://t.co/ri8IpwdUD3
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 3, 2015
Reid also released a statement about the recent shootings on Wednesday which read in part:
“Gun violence has become a cancer on this nation. We are better than this. Too often we are turning on our televisions to scenes of horror like those we are witnessing today. This madness must stop.
Click here to read the full statement.
