Trump Plan To Include Expedited Death Penalty For Mass Shooters

By Tom Knighton

Earlier today, I wrote about how President Trump has said he wasn’t changing his gun policy proposals following the events in Odessa, TX over the weekend. At the time I wrote that we didn’t know quite what form that legislative package would take.

Well, we still don’t.

However, we do know one bit of what will be contained in the proposal and that’s an expedited death penalty for anyone convicted of a mass killing.

The Trump administration is preparing a package of legislative measures responding to a spate of recent mass shootings, aides said Monday, even as White House and congressional staffs remain far apart on the best path forward.

The package will include legislation that would expedite the death penalty for people found guilty of mass killings, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff told reporters.

But it’s unlikely to include new provisions expanding background checks on gun sales after President Donald Trump backed off support for such steps following outcry from the National Rifle Association and warnings about the political consequences.

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For now, the administration is focusing on the death penalty provision, which Attorney General William Barr previewed during a speech in August.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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