Sen. Cory Booker tells a young boy 'the greatest chance that you are going to pass away in your life as a young black boy is unfortunately through gunfire.' 'But I am going to change that—we are going to change that.'
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are renewing their gun control proposals in the wake of recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that left at least 31 victims dead.
So far, Booker has carved out one of the most ambitious lanes in the gun policy debate ahead of 2020 -- a plan he calls"the most comprehensive gun violence prevention plan of any candidate for president in decades." Castro also supports gun buybacks, which he acknowledged"have had mixed success," but said are"good policy" in some circumstances. Castro, who is from Texas, also supports universal background checks, limiting the capacity of magazines and an assault weapons ban. He highlighted the importance of mental health and research in a CNN town hall.
Other senators vying for the presidency -- including Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts -- have yet to roll out formal 2020 policies, but have years of congressional records that shed light on their positions. "Would closing off the loophole in the terrorist watch list hurt my Uncle Dick in his deer stand? Not at all," Klobuchar said in 2016.
Ahead of 2020, Sanders often brings up his lengthy record to prove a different point: He has consistently voted since the 1980s to ban semi-automatic assault weapons. In an interview in February, Warren said gun violence would be qualified as a national emergency"right off the top" if she were elected.
Colorado has also seen some of the most notable mass shootings in the country and, so far, two candidates have entered the race from the state: former Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet. Asked about establishing federal gun licensing, O'Rourke initially told reporters on the campaign trail that it went"too far." But after a night of reflection, he changed his mind.
Since then, Hickenlooper has adapted his tone, and more than once. Colorado has passed measures expanding background checks and limiting magazine sizes to 15 rounds, despite backlash from gun rights groups. Gillibrand is joined by Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, who was also formerly given an"A" rating from the NRA. Ryan shifted his stance more recently than Gillibrand, speaking out after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. He has since donated roughly $20,000 to gun control organizations.
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