2020 Ideas Festival: Buy Assault Weapons Back From Owners
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WNYC Studios
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Publication Date |
May 16, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:17:20

For this installment of our 2020 Ideas Festival, California congressman and democratic presidential candidate Eric Swalwell talks about his buyback plan to get assault weapons off the street.

@ericswalwell's plan: ATF administers a buyback, over the course of 2 years. If you want to keep your assault rifle, you would have to keep it at a shooting range or club. It's about keeping assault weapons "out of our communities."-The Brian Lehrer Show (@brianlehrer)

 

With 15 million assault rifles out there, a buyback program would cost about $15 billion, @ericswalwell estimates-The Brian Lehrer Show (@brianlehrer)

 

"You look at the midterms, it was jobs, healthcare, gun safety. We don't need to be afraid to talk about this." @ericswalwell said of the politics of passing gun control measures-The Brian Lehrer Show (@brianlehrer)

 

@ericswalwell's proposal focuses on assault weapons because of the mental health toll they take on students, the California rep says-The Brian Lehrer Show (@brianlehrer)

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