2020 candidates convene on gun safety forum on the heels of Las Vegas shooting anniversary.
With the nation still reeling from a spate of mass shootings over the summer, Democratic candidates on the campaign trail are descending on Las Vegas for a forum on gun control on the two-year anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, has been increasingly outspoken since the mass shooting in his own hometown of El Paso, Texas, killed 22 people -- becoming the first candidate to call for a mandatory government buyback of assault weapons. He is also the only candidate signed onto the March for Our Lives Peace Plan, which outlines an ambitious gun reform agenda.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announced an extensive proposal in the wake of El Paso, blending executive actions and legislation to expand background checks, close loopholes, enforce an assault weapons ban and institute a licensing system -- much like the Peace Plan. However, while March for Our Lives calls for buybacks, Warren does not.
O’Rourke has retooled his message with a sharp central focus on gun control; it has breathed fresh life into a campaign that had previously fizzled. "The goal being set is to encourage everyone to come out with a comprehensive approach that’s been lacking in the past," Eve Levenson, one of March for Our Lives’ national leaders, told ABC News."While we’d obviously love to have more support for the peace plan, it’s more important to have a comprehensive national approach, whatever you're going to call the plan."
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