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Package of Gun Violence Prevention Bills Advances in NV

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Friday, April 7, 2023   

Nevada lawmakers are considering three gun-safety bills.

Assembly Bill 354 would prohibit anyone possessing a firearm in or within 100 yards of an entrance to an election site, and AB 355 could raise the age from 18 to 21 for Nevadans to purchase an assault-style weapon.

In the past five years, said Assembly Majority Leader Sandra Jauregui, D-Las Vegas, a survivor of the Oct. 1, 2017, massacre in Las Vegas, six out of the nine deadliest shootings were committed by people younger than age 21, and she's championing both proposals.

"These two policies are a common-sense approach that I believe will protect second graders and the Second Amendment at the same time," she said.

The third bill, Senate Bill 171, would prohibit the purchase, ownership and possession of a firearm for anyone convicted in the last 10 years of a crime motivated by "certain characteristics" of the victim - such as race, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

According to the Justice Department, said Sen. Dallas Harris, D-Las Vegas, more than 10,000 people each year are victims of hate crimes involving a firearm. As the chair of the state's first LGBTQ+ caucus, Harris said sponsoring SB 171 was a "no brainer."

"The rising tide of hate and hate-motivated violence has led the FBI to elevate that type of violence to a top-priority threat," Harris said, "singling out white supremacy as a major driver of those attacks."

The bills were discussed at a joint hearing of the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees Thursday. Both lawmakers called the bills "comprehensive and common-sense gun laws" and said they welcome feedback from Republicans.


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