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Underwood, Oberweis spar over gun control, immigration

 

..."Regarding gun control, Underwood said she supports both universal background checks to reduce gun violence, and the restoration of the 1994 assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004.

 

"No child should fear for their life at school, no worker should fear a mass shooting at their job," she said. "Gun violence prevention is a public health issue, and it's the responsibility of Congress to respond with a data-driven, evidence-based policy, like the bipartisan background check bill."

 

Oberweis, who described himself as a "strong supporter of the Second Amendment," said he also backs universal background checks, but generally doesn't believe more laws are necessary. Instead, he said, better enforcement of current laws is needed.

 

"The best thing that we could do to protect our kids and adults would be to combine the five different databases that we have right now," Oberweis said. "Because the background check doesn't do any good if you're checking one system, and somebody doesn't show up on that system, but they're in one of the other systems."

 

Oberweis said a related issue is the need to provide more support to those in need of mental health treatment."...

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