Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of 15 Republicans who voted to advance a bipartisan gun safety bill. She called the bill responsible and said she doesn’t think it infringes on Second Amendment rights.
Samantha Barr, owner of Granny’s Guns in Anchorage, rings up first time customer Mike Maddox on Oct. 15, 2021.
Murkowski spoke at a news conference called by her office Thursday to explain how the legislation, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, would impact Alaskans and to “debunk misinformation about the bill.” If passed, the bill would beMurkowski called the bill responsible and said she doesn’t think it infringes on Second Amendment rights.
The bill also includes funding for community and school-based mental health services, including additional mental health training for school staff and pediatric primary care providers. And the bill provides $750 million to help states run crisis intervention programs. That could include “red flag” laws in some states, but Murkowski said states would not be required to establish red flag laws if they don’t want to.
“That has all come about without new restrictions or bans or waiting periods or mandates for law-abiding gun owners,” she said. “When you look critically at what we have put in place, the ones that need to be worried about this measure passing are violent criminals or those who are adjudicated as mentally ill.”
“Time after time, Lisa Murkowski demonstrates why people on both sides of important issues just don’t trust her,” Tshibaka wrote. “When she visits Alaska, she pretends to be a friend of the 2nd Amendment, but when she’s in Washington, D.C., she sides with the elites and the insiders and votes against the interests of law-abiding Alaskans.”
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