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- https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-introduces-bill-ban-buy-now-pay-later-assault-weapons...Larson (CT-01) introduced the Assault Weapons Financing Accountability Act to ban use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) for purchasing assault weapons and ghost gun kits that could be used to build them. Banning use of instant financing like BNPL options for assault weapons and the ghost gun kits is a step toward reducing the instant accessibility of these weapons and preventing the tragedies of gun violence before they occur. ...
- https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/op-ed-ex-military-lawmakers-bring-back-assault-weapons-ban-stop-easy-access-to-weapons-of-war...New Jersey has some of the strongest gun laws in the nation and this plays an important role in New Jersey's consistently low gun death rate. For example, in 2017, the firearm death rate in New Jersey was 5.3 deaths per 100,000 people. ...
- https://pressley.house.gov/2019/08/09/pressley-op-ed-waging-peace-healing-our-nation/...Our society has become all too ready to shame, slander and surveil Latinx and Muslims all the while ignoring white supremacist terrorism.” Congresswoman Pressley is a long-time champion for gun violence prevention. She currently serves as a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and she helped pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act – two long-overdue, bipartisan gun violence prevention bills. ...
- Crow Reintroduces the Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act | Representative Jason Crhttps://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/crow-reintroduces-the-closing-the-loophole-on-interstate-firearm-sales-act-0...Families across the state were forced to grapple with an impossible conversation about gun violence in this country. While the Colorado-based dealer properly conducted and completed a background check, they were not aware of Florida's prohibition on gun sales to individuals under the age of 21. ...
- Pressley, Markey Unveil Resolution to Honor Survivors of Homicide Victims Nationwide - Ayanna Presslhttps://pressley.house.gov/2023/11/16/pressley-markey-unveil-resolution-to-honor-survivors-of-homicide-victims-nationwide/...Brown Peace Institute A copy of the resolution can be found here . Congresswoman Pressley is a long-time champion for gun violence prevention and supporting those experiencing trauma. She currently serves as a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and she helped pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act – two long-overdue, bipartisan gun violence prevention bills. ...
- https://robinkelly.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/us-rep-robin-kelly-applauds-supreme-courts-decision-uphold-law...The intersection of domestic abuse and gun violence is deadly. A woman is five times more likely to die if her abusive partner has a gun. Gun laws that prevent domestic abusers from having a gun are simply commonsense, and today the Court agreed.” ...
- https://robinkelly.house.gov/issues/health-care...Gun violence is a threat to our public health, and expanding access to, and quality of, mental health care services will help reduce the threat of gun violence and gun suicides. ...
- Torres, Castro, Goldman, Cherfilus-McCormick Lead Introduction of Americas Regional Monitoring of Arhttps://torres.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/torres-castro-goldman-cherfilus-mccormick-lead-introduction-americas...If passed, the ARMAS Act would undoubtedly save lives.” said Nick Wilson, senior director for Gun Violence Prevention at the Center for American Progress. “A gun purchased in the United States is as likely to be used to murder someone in Mexico and other nations of Latin America as in the United States itself. ...
- https://williams.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/williams.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/chairman-williams-support-2a-resolution.pdf...G:\M\19\WILLTX\WILLTX_033.XML g:\VHLD\040925\D040925.041.xml (982328|3) 3 Whereas President Trump continues to empower law-abiding gunowners and firearm manufactures to ensure the Sec- ond Amendment remains secure: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) reaffirms the support for the Second 2 Amendment and the constitutional guarantee that 3 the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall 4 not be infringed; 5 (2) disapproves of the Biden administration’s 6 gun control agenda and hostility towards the lawful 7 gun industry; 8 (3) disapproves of rule and policy changes by 9 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex-10 plosives under the Biden administration to restrict 11 citizen’s Second Amendment right; 12 (4) disapproves of the Bureau of Industry and 13 Security policies to limit lawful firearm exports and 14 bad-faith attacks on civilian gun ownership; 15 (5) supports President Trump’s actions to re-16 peal harmful policies imposed by the Biden adminis-17 tration on law-abiding gunowners; and 18 (6) commends President Trump’s commitment 19 to upholding the Constitution and defending the con-20 stitutional right to bear arms. 21 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:15 Apr 09, 2025 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\KGHAUFF\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\WILLTX_033 April 9, 2025 (4:15 p.m.) ...
- https://takano.house.gov/issues/public-safety...In dealing with this growing crisis, the response should be rooted in sound scientific research. That is why Introduced the Gun Violence Prevention Research Act to fund research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand and address the nation’s ongoing gun violence epidemic. ...