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“Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said Wednesday that she would soon introduce legislation that would cut federal funding to any state that doesn’t require neighborhood watch programs to register with police. ‘We will … decrease the incidence of gun violence resulting from vigilantes by reducing by 20 percent the funds that would otherwise be allocated … to any state that does not require local neighborhood watch programs to be registered with a local [law] enforcement agency,’ Jackson Lee said on the House floor.  She said her bill would also use the threat of less federal money to entice states to change their ‘stand your ground’ laws.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/313131-dem-looks-to-require-neighborhood-watch-programs-to-register-with-police