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This tumblr openly mocks elected officials who shouldn’t hold office, but every once in awhile I try to highlight awesome legislators for their work. Missouris Rep. Stacey Newman is one such legislator.
Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman is deeply concerned about the state’s gun violence, and figures perhaps it might help matters to make guns a little harder to buy. Luckily, she’s got a perfect model right in front of her: Missouri’s abortion restrictions, some of the most onerous in the country.
As St. Louis magazine reports, Newman has pre-filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would subject gun buyers to the exact same restrictions currently faced by people seeking abortions.
You can read the full text of House Bill 1397 here; it sweetly proposes that gun buyers have a 72-hour waiting period imposed upon them, and have to “confer and discuss with a licensed physician” and risk factors that might arise “from the proposed firearm purchase:”
This isn’t the first time Newman has used her legislative awesomeness for good. Last year she sponsored a similar bill that would restrict vasectomies.
Congratulations on this headline. Nice work! Texas must be so proud.