Third, the senator intends to propose changes to the Youth Promise Act to encourage schools to immediately report to law enforcement when they see kids exhibiting violent behaviors. The current law focuses on providing intervention such as mentoring or therapy for troubled youth instead of incarceration.
Fourth, Rubio supports strengthening background checks. He believes that fixing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) will encourage every state to report relevant criminal history records to the database. Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy introduced the Fix NICS legislation.
Fifth, Rubio also supports the Lie and Try legislation, which will be introduced by Republican Sen. Pat Toomey and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons. The bill will require the FBI to inform states about someone who fails a background check and is not allowed to buy a gun. “We must begin to prosecute the purchase of gun by people prohibited from doing so,” said Rubio
Sixth, the senator plans to introduce a legislation that will target “straw purchases,” when a person buys a gun for someone else who couldn’t pass a background check.
Rubio is open to additional reforms
Take note that Rubio’s plans do not include raising the minimum age to buy a gun. The senator expressed openness to considering looking into the age restrictions to buy semi-automatic rifles.
