Sep 15, 2023
In the United States, if you're convicted of a felony, you cannot lawfully own a gun. Along the line, someone decided that those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence charges shouldn't be able to have guns, either. Critics of that effort, such as myself, aren't so much about cutting domestic abusers slack as we are about trying to prevent a slippery slope. After all, once you include a misdemeanor, more are bound to follow, right? Well, a Pennsylvania congressman has introduced a new bill that would do that, only this time it would be for hate crimes. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.,on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent people convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from obtaining guns. The Disarm Hate Act addresses a gap in current federal law, which currently prohibits those convicted of felonies - including hate crimes- from possessing guns. The bill would update the law to include those convicted of violent misdemeanor-level hate crimes from obtaini