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Justice Department seeks to roll back gun control measures days after Trump assassination attempt
Justice Department seeks to roll back gun control measures days after Trump assassination attempt
By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz
Updated 50 min ago
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/justice-department-rolls-back-gun-control-laws-after-trump-assassination-attempt
Days after a gunman charged security at the White House Correspondents Dinner in what investigators say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump with legally-owned firearms, his Justice Department is further rolling back gun control measures.
Were repealing rules that went beyond what the law allows, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday at a press conference. We are cutting unnecessary red tape, and we are replacing confusion with clear, straightforward language so that everyday Americans dont need a law degree just to understand their rights.
The administration is proposing 34 new rules marking the largest amount the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has issued in the last 15 years combined, Blanche said, adding that nothing we are doing today weakens law enforcement.
According to Blanche and the newly confirmed ATF Director Robert Cekada, the new rules will help gun sellers more easily abide by the law, including by adopting a more narrow definition of who must be a licensed seller.
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applegrove
Wednesday
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Children being killed in schools schools the public to accept brutal outcomes
applegrove
Wednesday
#4
yes create a threatening and scary environment, so people fall for propaganda easily.
Irish_Dem
Wednesday
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GreenWave
(12,739 posts)1. As they often say, "NOW is not the time to talk about gun control."
Lovie777
(23,454 posts)2. I don't think this will fly......................
Irish_Dem
(82,040 posts)3. The GOP wants the US to be a violent threatening country.
Who benefits and how?
applegrove
(132,853 posts)4. Children being killed in schools schools the public to accept brutal outcomes
which work well to create the environment for Republican policies.
Irish_Dem
(82,040 posts)5. yes create a threatening and scary environment, so people fall for propaganda easily.
applegrove
(132,853 posts)6. That too. But it also lessens people being shocked
and enraged by the outcomes of say Trump's healthcare policies for example (when he cuts health care programs and support). Nothing could be worse than a school shooting.
Irish_Dem
(82,040 posts)8. Exactly. Create a numb and traumatized population.
Who are no longer shocked by anything.
2naSalit
(103,788 posts)7. Well...
With a bit of organizing, we do. There are more of us with guns than they imagine, if they want to start that civil war, they'll lose again.