GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer on guns framework: ‘We’re more interested in the red wave than red flags’
“I think we’re more interested in the red wave than we are in red flags, quite honestly,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said, according to Huffington Post senior politics reporter Igor Bobic.
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) expressed his lack of concern with passing gun legislation at a caucus lunch today.
“I think we’re more interested in the red wave than we are in red flags, quite honestly,” Cramer said, according to Huffington Post senior politics reporter Igor Bobic.
GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer with concerns after being briefed on gun violence framework in today’s caucus lunch.
“I think we’re more interested in the red wave than we are in red flags, quite honestly,” he said
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 14, 2022
Red flag laws allow judges to seize firearms owned by individuals deemed dangerous to themselves or others. Funding for red flag laws was included in a bipartisan agreement announced by the Senate Monday. Other provisions in the agreement include preventing domestic abusers from owning guns, stronger background checks for people younger than 21 years old and more investment in mental health and school safety. If all 50 Democratic senators as well as ten Republicans vote for the bill, President Joe Biden said he will sign it when it gets to his desk.
Any gun legislation was expected to die in the Senate before Monday’s announcement. The bill is promising since Cramer and the vast majority of the Republican Party is vigorously opposed to any gun restrictions despite crises for change after the Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Tex. mass shootings. The main argument put forward by the right in response to mass shootings is to “harden schools.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) recently signed a controversial bill that allows teachers and school staff to carry guns into school with just 24 hours of training, which is less time than a standard law enforcement officer must complete in a police academy (71).
