Stacey Abrams is rolling out her public safety and gun control plan ahead of Georgia’s November gubernatorial election, proposing to reverse some of the gun rights expansions Gov. Brian Kemp has promoted and resurrected a bipartisan criminal justice reform task force, reports Axios. Abrams plans to institute a state red flag law and close certain loopholes like background checks for gun show sales and domestic violence perpetrators.
She also promised to roll back some of the most significant expansions of gun access that Georgia Republicans have passed recently, including the recently signed permitless carry law, the 2017 “campus carry” law allowing concealed guns to be carried on college campuses, and a 2014 measure that allowed Georgians to carry weapons in places including churches, schools and bars. Instead, Abrams is tying her public safety agenda to efforts to combat causes of violence and address recidivism, including reestablishing a criminal justice reform task force created by former Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, which Kemp ended.