'Bridge the Divide' Proposal Rebrands
'Gun Control', Ignores Proven Safety Solutions

A new effort coined "Bridging the Divide on Firearm Policy" is receiving sympathetic media coverage from a known 'gun control' advocacy "news site" for what it claims is a breakthrough: a set of eight state-level "harm reduction" policies drafted by a panel that purportedly included both gun rights and 'gun control' voices.

The package includes numerous proposals and was shaped over the course of a year by 23 so-called leaders in "gun violence prevention" and those who supposedly respect gun rights and framed as "updated versions of familiar 'gun control' concepts."

That framing is politically clever. It is also misleading and incomplete. It is a wolf in sheep's clothing, as the saying goes.

Update Background Check Data, Don't Expand Burdens

The package calls for "stronger state background checks," and ideas pitched as "wins" for gun owners like faster checks and a peer-to-peer check tool. …