Indiana Senator Dan Coats says he supports an alternative to the gun legislation currently being debated in Washington. He says the compromise bill supports the Second Amendment while addressing a number of issues that have come to light since the Newtown, Conn. school shooting in December.
These include strengthening the efforts to improve a current check system that is incomplete under existing law and dealing with school safety and mental heath issues. Coats’ proposal fixes the National Instant Criminal Background Check system. It also provides resources to help address mental health and school safety, protects veterans from false health determinations and addresses gun trafficking and straw purchasing. Coats is one of several Republican co-sponsors of the amendment. Read the text of the measure here: Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act 041713
