Milestone 3

Milestone 3

H.R. 7910 Protecting Our Kids Act

Jamie Ivey

Professor Bajah

Regent University

October 2, 2022

Milestone 3

Goals for this Milestone:

1. What are the rules of the organization that influenced and impacted the decision, policy, program?

   1. The rules of organization that influenced and impacted the decision, policy, and program is when the act was passed to the senate. The senate did not like the act and created one of their own. The act they created was used instead of the “Protecting our Kids Act”, which was created by the house.

2. How did those impacted by this decision have input into the decision?

   1. Those impacted by this decision don’t really have an input as the act was not fully accepted and replaced by another bill that the senate conjured up as they believed their bill was better than what the house proposed.

3. Which groups or people are most impacted by these decisions or policies?

   1. The groups impacted by these decisions are today’s youth and the next generation of young kids who will be growing up in this country with Gun Laws that aren’t known for certain that will protect them.

4. What are some of the unintended consequences of these decisions or policies?

   1. I don’t know for sure yet

Concept Questions:

1. Is there a voting aspect to this policy? If not directly maybe indirectly (maybe there was not a vote about the actual policy but the decision makers were voted on)

a. The voting aspect was based on the decision of congress to pass the act as a bill or to look for a different way to come up with a different bill, which they did. The Protecting our Kids act had doubted that the senate would even approve of it. “HR 7910 as passed by the House has little chance of passing the Senate amid widespread GOP opposition to stricter gun control.” (California Medical Association)

2. What were the elections like? Are the decision makers truly representative of the group (even if there was not an election)

a. There wasn’t any election’s for this act as the only people who approved of the act was some of the people in the house of representatives. The senate did not approve of the act.

3. What are the compromises and being made? Is there resistance to the policy? How stable is the policy? Could it be changed with just a few votes?

a. There didn’t seem to be any compromises mad and there was resistance to policy from the senate. The policy wasn’t stable as it was just in the works of being discussed and introduced. It was changed and I believe it was changed by the senate who created this bill that became a law on 6/25/2022 “S.2938 - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” “This act makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to expand background check requirements, broaden the scope of existing restrictions, and establish new criminal offenses. The act also reauthorizes, funds, and supports various programs, grants, and activities to promote access to behavioral and mental health services, enhance school safety and security initiatives, and address gun violence in communities.” (Congress.Gov)

4. Do some involved seem to have disproportionate influence on the outcome? If so, who and why?

a. None that I am aware of currently

References:

S.2938 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. (2022, June 25). http://www.congress.gov/

Bipartisan agreement reached in U.S. senate on gun reforms. cmadocs. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2022, from https://www.cmadocs.org/newsroom/news/view/ArticleId/49795/U-S-Senate-reaches-agreement-on-scaled-back-gun-reforms