Elena Kagan 1990s gun control history
Elena Kagan had a hand in multiple gun control measures during her stint in the Clinton administration, according to info from newly released Clinton library documents.
As deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council under Bill Clinton, Kagan supervised work implementing the Brady law, which implemented a background check system, info from the newly released docs show.
Kagan also worked on a 1997 executive order related to the assault weapons ban — an order that updated an earlier one prohibiting the importation of firearms not usually used for sporting purposes. And she worked on various Clinton-era poroposals to strengthen regulation of child-safety locks and to toughen up restrictions on adults from making guns too readily available to children.
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