Stacey Abrams is rolling out her public safety and gun control plan ahead of the November election.

What's happening: The Democratic gubernatorial nominee is proposing to reverse some of the gun rights expansions Gov. Brian Kemp has promoted, as well as to resurrect a bipartisan criminal justice reform task force, according to a plan first reviewed by Axios.

Why it matters: Abrams makes the case that even as a Democratic governor with a Republican legislature in the Capitol, she could make progress on gun control and public safety.

• Abrams told Axios she'd be able to provide new cover to some Republicans. "Rank and file [General Assembly] members tend to vote with their leadership more than they vote with their constituents. My goal is to make certain that I provide them leadership that lets them vote their constituencies."

Details: Abrams said she would push for "the obvious and the common-sense gun safety rules that do not infringe upon anyone's ability to carry."

• She called the federal gun control compromise "an important step" but one that cannot fully address state-level challenges.
• Abrams plans to institute a state red flag law and to close certain loopholes like background checks for gun show sales and domestic violence perpetrators.

Yes, but: She is also proposing a massive political lift: to roll back some of the biggest expansions of gun access that Georgia Republicans have passed recently.

• That would include the permitless carry law Kemp signed this year, the 2017 "campus carry" law, which allows concealed carry on college campuses, and a 2014 measure that allowed Georgians to carry weapons in places including churches, schools and bars. (Opponents dubbed it "guns everywhere.")

Of note: Abrams told Axios stronger gun control proposals, including a proposed assault weapons ban which she co-sponsored in 2016, aren't "tenable."

• Abrams does maintain her previous position on eliminating cash bail for some lower-level offenses.

The other side: Kemp campaigned on his support for gun access. He's made combating gangs and sex trafficking priorities and created a multi-jurisdictional crime suppression unit.

• Kemp responded to the Uvalde shooting by focusing on school safety measures, including school security grants in his 2019 budget and mental health support, including the new sweeping mental health reform law.

The big picture: Abrams is tying her public safety agenda to efforts to combat causes of violence and address recidivism, including reestablishing a criminal justice reform task force created by former Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, which Kemp ended. It received national recognition for cutting prison spending, diverting nonviolent offenders and addressing underlying issues in the criminal justice system like substance abuse and mental illness.

• "You cannot simply punish your way to safety. You have to prepare for people who come back into the community," Abrams said.

Read why Abrams believes bipartisan support for her plan is possible.

A month after the Georgia High School Association voted to effectively ban transgender youth from competing in sports that align with their gender identity, a death threat forced a group of Georgia youth and transgender activists to cancel a planned Sunday rally.

What's happening: Yesterday, the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition held a Zoom news conference instead. They've organized a petition with nearly 1,000 signatures seeking to overturn the new policy.

• The group's communications director and University of Georgia student Zeena Mohamed said it is "dangerous, it is discriminatory, it is divisive and it is outright wrong."

Catch up quick: In an eleventh-hour push in April, Republicans in the General Assembly granted the association the ability to enact the ban.

• Before, the association deferred to gender determinations made by member schools.
• Gov. Kemp, who supported the law change, has said on the campaign trail: "We simply just want it to be fair. That's all we're doing."

What they're saying: "This ban solves a problem that does not exist," said Metro Atlanta TransParent founder and chapter leader Peter Isbister, who has an 8-year-old trans son. "There simply is no groundswell of cisgender kids and students seeking to ban their classmates from team sports."

• "This ban however does make life more dangerous for our children and their families," he said.
• An anonymous letter from a transgender student was read by their friend: "It's a bitter irony that the officials supposed to promote education are making decisions based on anything but fact," they wrote.

What's next: A spokesperson for the coalition told Axios that families, parents, and community members in a number of Georgia school districts are preparing litigation to combat the ban.

The Braves' incredible winning streak is now at 14, one shy of a franchise record.

Driving the news: Spencer Strider struck out 11, and Austin Riley homered twice in an 8-2 win over the Nationals last night.

Why it matters: Don't wash your socks. This is just getting good.

• Their streak is the longest by a defending World Series champion since the 1953 Yankees won 18 in a row.
• With a win Friday in Chicago, they'll tie the 2000 Atlanta squad for the longest streak in the team's modern era.

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