they say this is just a proposal at this point and what they re trying to do is provide clarity to the industry about what kinds of ammunition are going to be legal and which aren t. so what part of that doesn t ring true to you? well janet, we all would agree that we don t want police officers to be shot with any kind of ammunition ever. the problem is that they are going to they re seeking to withdraw an exemption that they granted that s been around for 30 years. and because of that would ban one of the most common types of ammunition used by law-abiding americans for rifle target shooting in modern sporting rifles, ar-15s that are the most popular rifles being sold today. and the concern is that they weren t able to ban those firearms, which is a stated position of the administration. and so now they re trying to ban one of the most common types of ammunition that s used. and ammunition that s never been used to harm a police officer. there s not one single documented case wher
there would be a dangerous offender registry. you would need that to buy ammunition if this goes through. as i said, that republican state senator who represents newtown, who helped negotiate this deal with the democrats is calling this the most comprehensive backage in the country on gun reform, but they did it. connecticut, at least, is doing it. the reforms were unveiled today. they re expected to be voted on before the end of the week. donald is the president of the state senate, a democrat. thank you for your time. nice to have you here. thank you, rachel. i have not seen the text of this. i m going based on what s been reported as part of your gun reform package. did i fairly summarize what is in the package? absolutely. we re also banning armor piercing ammunition, requiring a criminal background check for anyone who purchased ammunition. we strengthened our assault weapon ban. we believe now that is the toughest in the country. you certainly hit on the other
there would be a dangerous offender registry. you would need that to buy ammunition if this goes through. as i said, that republican state senator who represents newtown, who helped negotiate this deal with the democrats is calling this the most comprehensive package in the country on gun reform, but they did it. connecticut, at least, is doing it. the reforms were unveiled today. they re expected to be voted on before the end of the week. donald is the president of the state senate, a democrat. thank you for your time. nice to have you here. thank you, rachel. i have not seen the text of this. i m going based on what s been reported as part of your gun reform package. did i fairly summarize what is in the package? absolutely. we re also banning armor piercing ammunition, requiring a criminal background check for anyone who purchased ammunition. we strengthened our assault weapon ban.
of a sex offender registry, there would be a dangerous offender registry. you would need that to buy ammunition if this goes through. as i said, that republican state senator who represents newtown, who helped negotiate this deal with the democrats is calling this the most comprehensive package in the country on gun reform, but they did it. connecticut, at least, is doing it. the reforms were unveiled today. they re expected to be voted on before the end of the week. donald is the president of the state senate, a democrat. thank you for your time. nice to have you here. thank you, rachel. i have not seen the text of this. i m going based on what s been reported as part of your gun reform package. did i fairly summarize what is in the package? absolutely. we re also banning armor piercing ammunition, requiring a criminal background check for anyone who purchased ammunition. we strengthened our assault weapon ban.
and then give the industry and public only 30 days to comment. and in the document they refer to criminals as a consumer group, which is really pretty offensive to industry. we don t sell our products to criminals. we sell our products to law-abiding americans exercising their constitutional rights. all right. so the atf says, listen, this stems back to a law meant to protect law enforcement officers. and they say that is the goal here, they want to make sure we re protecting our men and women out there on the front lines. a laudable goal of course. they say this is just a proposal at this point and what they re trying to do is provide clarity to the industry about what kinds of ammunition are going to be legal and which aren t. so what part of that doesn t ring true to you? well janet, we all would agree that we don t want police officers to be shot with any kind of ammunition ever. the problem is that they are going to they re seeking to withdraw an exemption that they granted