I will work to enact legislation banning firearm sales to anyone convicted of domestic violence or a hate crime.

Shontel M. Brown · Ohio · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.93 extraction confidence 99%

Occurrences

I will work to enact legislation that bans firearm sales to anyone convicted of domestic violence or a hate crime.

Commits to banning gun sales to people convicted of domestic violence or hate crimes.

Priorities – Shontel Brown For Congress
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Evidence

Brown says she is a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, supports the Bipartisan Safe Communities Act, will fight for universal background checks and safe storage laws, and will continue to advocate for an assault-weapons ban.

As of the current House issue page, Brown is still pursuing broader gun-safety legislation, but the page does not show enactment of the specific domestic-violence or hate-crime firearm-sales ban promised in the campaign claim.

unresolved same_term

Criminal Justice Reform | Representative Shontel Brown
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] as a cosponsor on 08/26/2022 for H.R. 3929, the Disarm Hate Act, which would prevent people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from obtaining firearms.

Brown took a concrete legislative step matching the hate-crime part of the promise, but this was only cosponsorship of a bill; it was not enacted into law.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.3929 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Disarm Hate Act
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] as an original cosponsor on 05/05/2023 for H.R. 3096, the Firearm Safety Act of 2023, another gun-safety measure that would strengthen federal firearms rules.

This is additional evidence of ongoing gun-safety activity, but it still does not show enactment of the specific ban on firearm sales to domestic-violence or hate-crime convicts.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.3096 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Firearm Safety Act of 2023
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

Brown took concrete same-term legislative action toward the promised policy by cosponsoring the Disarm Hate Act, which targeted firearm access by people convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes, and by supporting broader gun-safety legislation. Federal law already barred many domestic-violence misdemeanants from receiving firearms before her tenure, and the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act expanded that domestic-violence prohibition to dating partners in June 2022 during her term, but the evidence does not show Brown authored, sponsored, or materially advanced that enacted provision beyond general support. The promised combined outcome, especially a hate-crime firearm-sales ban, was not enacted. This merits partial credit for serious aligned effort, not full delivery.

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