Document Type
Article
Abstract
In response to recent mass shootings, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The Act encouraged states to implement red-flag laws, adopted a more punitive approach to federal gun control, expanded the domestic violence misdemeanors that prohibit firearm possession, and implemented more stringent regulations on young adults purchasing firearms. Because of the difficulties in passing federal gun control laws, Congress hastily passed the Act after a small, bipartisan group of Senators agreed on its text. This stunted legislative process left the new law riddled with ambiguities and technical deficiencies. This Article explores the constitutional, doctrinal, and policy problems created by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
Recommended Citation
Robert Leider,
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Doctrinal and Policy Problems,
49
J. Legis.
234
(2023).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/jleg/vol49/iss2/2