Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg speaks at a press convention on Tuesday at Metro Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg speaks at a press convention on Tuesday at Metro Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

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A gunman killed 5 folks and injured no less than eight extra at a financial institution in downtown Louisville on Monday. A regulation says the rifle used within the taking pictures will return into circulation — one thing the town’s mayor says is absurd and harmful.

Who is he? Democratic Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.

• In dialog with NPR’s Juana Summers on Wednesday, Greenberg described how a Kentucky regulation would power authorities to ship the assault rifle used within the assault to public sale, guaranteeing that it could be again in use once more, regardless of its position within the tragedy.
• Greenberg can also be urging legislators in Kentucky to permit for extra native management on points like weapons and public security, saying autonomy is essential to addressing the foundation trigger.

What’s the massive deal? This is not Greenberg’s first encounter with gun violence, neither is he the primary public determine to have a private tie to a mass taking pictures.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he thought of one of many 5 victims certainly one of his “closest friends.”

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he thought of one of many 5 victims certainly one of his “closest friends.”

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What’s Greenberg saying?

On receiving extra legislative independence:

I do suppose that cities like Louisville which have distinctive gun violence epidemics, ought to have the autonomy to determine what we wish to do to scale back gun violence.  

On the public sale regulation concerning the rifle:

We have a regulation that this assault rifle that was used to homicide 5 folks, and that was used to put in ready and shoot at rescuing officers that got here to the scene, that gun beneath Kentucky regulation will someday be again on the streets. Because proper now beneath Kentucky regulation, confiscated weapons are required to be turned over to the state who in flip is required to public sale off these weapons. That is unsuitable. That is absurd. That is harmful. And so hopefully everybody, no matter celebration affiliation, agrees that this weapon ought to by no means be again on the road and we will work collectively to alter that regulation.  

On the way forward for coverage adjustments and gun management in his state:

 I’m cautiously optimistic as we speak. First, I do know that my associates of all political events agree that they by no means wish to see hurt like this occur ever once more, to anybody, whether or not it is in Louisville and Kentucky, or anyplace in America or this world. And so I’m hopeful. And primarily based on a number of the outreach that I’ve had over the previous 24 hours since I known as for this transformation, I’m hopeful that we will sit down and work collectively and discuss our variations on these points. 

A resident locations flowers at a memorial exterior of the Old National Bank following this week’s mass taking pictures.

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A resident locations flowers at a memorial exterior of the Old National Bank following this week’s mass taking pictures.

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So, what now?

• Greenberg is looking for unity with state legislators to take “meaningful action” on gun management. “Arguing is not a strategy. Doing nothing is not a strategy.” 

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