A month after a white gunman targeting Latinos killed 22 people in El Paso, the ...
WASHINGTON - A month after a white gunman targeting Latinos killed 22 people in El Paso, the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee will consider new legislation to address rising fears about a convergence of mass shootings and hate crimes.
But only one bill, named the Disarm Hate Act, would seek to use hate crime laws to curb gun violence. Mirroring laws already on the books in three U.S. states, the measure would prohibit people convicted of certain violent hate crime misdemeanors from possessing a gun. The powerful National Rifle Association, which opposes most gun restrictions, said it sees no reason for Congress to change criminal law to control guns. “Under current law, our legal and criminal justice systems have the tools to keep firearms out the hands of all dangerous criminals — whatever the motivation for their crime,” NRA spokeswoman Catherine Mortensen said in a statement.
Hate crime incidents have climbed 31% since 2014 to their highest level in nearly a decade, according to FBI data that show a 17% jump to 7,175 incidents in 2017. The number of hate crime groups rose 30% from 2014 to 2018, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Advocates say that extending the ban to misdemeanors that involve physical force or a credible threat to personal safety, including a threat with a deadly weapon, could allow police to intervene early against individuals who could go on to carry out deadly attacks.
FILE PHOTO: A man prays at a memorial three days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
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