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After years of inaction, the Senate will consider new gun control measures with the introduction by Senators Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) of legislation designed to ensure people with a history of domestic violence cannot buy a gun.
Edna Welsheimer, the executive director of the Time Out Shelter, said she agrees with Flake's legislation, especially since gun violence due to domestic violence has affected Rim Country. In 2012, local Realtor Marjeane Easley died when her husband shot her and then killed himself while the two were in the middle of a bitter divorce.
"(What) was in my mind was the local Realtor that was shot and died as a result of DV," she said.
But Welsheimer wishes Flake's legislation would go further."I agree with the bill Senator Flake is trying to pass," said Welsheimer. "My thoughts are that these people still have a way to get guns illegally and that another loophole to close to me would be to set hefty fines for friends, relatives, thieves ... etc. that willfully obtain guns knowing darn well that the person they give it to should not have possession."
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake moves to tighten gun purchases