In a time when politics are both polarizing and partisan, meet two leaders who are reshaping the future of lawmaking by incorporating Silicon Valley thinking to introduce bipartisan legislation. As Americans continue to be divided by a vast chasm on gun-control legislation, laws to temporarily take firearms from people deemed threats are showing rare promise of bipartisan appeal. A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is pushing to make his state the second in the nation with a GOP-controlled legislature to pass such a measure in recent years, known as a “red flag” law. Rep. Todd Stephens said he was first prompted to look into the idea by a constituent who is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 02, 2019 10:52 UTC