Crime and Justice | Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger

As a previous county prosecutor, Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger believes point out and neighborhood law enforcement are the experts on how to most effective secure their citizens. In basic, he defers to the needs of the legislation enforcement agencies in his district when weighing federal judicial policy. Dutch thinks:

The greatest way to battle criminal offense is to aid area legislation enforcement.

Dutch is happy to have secured millions of dollars to assist Maryland and its neighborhood law enforcement departments fight criminals, such as the funding required to established up the very first-of-its-sort, multi-jurisdictional gang taskforce. He has also secured tens of millions to re-employ laid-off neighborhood police officers and firefighters and replace outdated basic safety gear. Drawing on his encounters as Baltimore County Government, he advocates on behalf of college useful resource officers – which safeguard college students, academics and personnel – although in Congress.

Citizens have a proper to responsibly bear arms, but we can do a improved job regulating the sale and transfer of guns and ammunition.

Dutch strongly thinks in the Second Modification, but we also have a Constitutional responsibility to shield American citizens from harm. He supports initiatives to ban legitimate assault weapons and substantial-capability magazines, which have been the weapons of choice for mass shooters because their sole objective is to inflict as significantly problems as possible as speedily as achievable. When assault weapons or superior-capacity journals have been employed in a shooting, the quantity of casualties has increased 63 p.c. So although a ban may perhaps not quit these attacks, it will assist drastically reduce the bloodshed.

Dutch also supports requiring qualifications checks for all gun product sales, which includes individuals purchased online and at gun exhibits and addressing the sale of firearms to the mentally unwell.

To relieve prison over-crowding, we should conserve obligatory minimums for the truly undesirable men.

Obligatory minimums for minor drug offenses are bogging our jail technique down and costing youthful people who make just one inadequate determination their complete futures. We really should focus jail house on violent and occupation criminals by focusing necessary minimums on leaders and supervisors of drug trafficking companies. Dutch supports legislation that would reduce obligatory minimums for sure non-violent, first-time drug offenders, cut down the 3-strike mandatory life sentence to 25 a long time, make it possible for drug sentences to be enhanced centered on prior convictions for severe violent felonies and broaden the present safety valve for reduced-level drug offenders with prior misdemeanors.

Linked Cosponsorships

Assault Weapons Ban of 2015

Condemning violence that targets health care for women.

Background Test Completion Act

Safer Communities Act of 2015

Public Security and 2nd Modification Rights Defense Act of 2015

Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2015