Responding to a surge in violent crime, former U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions is urging the nation’s prosecutors to crack down on gun crime in order to deter other would-be lawbreakers. And after a wave of deadly mass shootings across the nation, including Monday’s shooting in Highland Park, Ill., Sessions is calling on federal law-enforcement leaders to take on a greater leadership role and to do more to help local agencies root out potential killers before they attack.
The former U.S. senator and tough-on-crime prosecutor from Alabama who served as Donald Trump’s attorney general in 2017 and 2018, told National Review in an exclusive interview that he’s skeptical of the idea that the bipartisan gun bill passed in June will do much to curb gun crime. That bill, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, mandated enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21, provided federal funding for states that implement red-flag laws, and closed the so-called “boyfriend loophole” to prevent domestic abusers from obtaining firearms.
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