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- https://issa.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-issa-hudson-and-senator-risch-introduce-bicameral-legislation-stop..."Their latest scheme is an unconstitutional tax that seeks to price you out of your right to keep and bear arms, and this legislation will put a stop to it." “Blue states that implement an excessive excise tax to fund gun control initiatives are exploiting the Second Amendment,” said Risch. “The Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act ensures states do not place a significant financial burden on law-abiding gun owners to advance their anti-Second Amendment agenda.” ...
- Summer Lee, Bob Casey Co-Lead Introduction of Bicameral Coalition Introduce Disarm Hate Act | Congrehttps://summerlee.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/summer-lee-bob-casey-co-lead-introduction-of-bicameral-coalition-introduce-disarm-hate-act..."Hate crimes are rising across the country, but criminals who commit them can still get their hands on a gun," said Rep. Porter. "We know how to prevent gun violence, and we need politicians to have the courage to stand up to the gun lobby to save lives. I'm proud to co-lead the Disarm Hate Act with Rep. ...
- https://comer.house.gov/2020/1/kentuckians-rise-support-second-amendment...I am also strongly opposed to other radical proposals filed in Washington and Frankfort which criminalize gun ownership and further limit the rights of law-abiding Americans. I took to the floor of the House of Representatives this past week to speak out on this issue, making my opposition to red flag laws and other forms of gun control known. ...
- https://desaulnier.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/desaulnier.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/ppt-town-hall-23.04.13.pdf...“Not Here” Multi-pronged initiative to help local communities implement successful evidence-based solutions to gun violence. Includes work done in local communities to elevate that work. County’s Violence Prevention Program Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety County-wide efforts to improve community crisis intervention Safe storage efforts Includes legislation Mark wrote: Local Gun Violence Reduction Act: Would create a local gun violence prevention effort database at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in which state and local governments can enter information and data on policies implemented in their communities that have reduced gun violence to share these solutions with other states and localities to end the public health crisis of gun violence nationwide. Gun Safety Board and Research Act: In recognition that gun violence is a public health crisis, the bill would establish a board of experts at the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for conducting research, evaluating federal and state policy proposals, and recommending best practices for reducing firearm deaths. Intended to help our local cities, Contra Costa, and California to serve as a national model. While California had the 3rd highest rate of gun homicides in the country in 1993, thanks to the implementation of evidence-driven, science-based policies, the state has since become a national leader on gun safety and many local governments here in Contra Costa have gone above and beyond state law to protect our communities. ...
- Reps. Norma Torres & Brad Schneider Reintroduce the Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Ahttps://torres.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-norma-torres-brad-schneider-reintroduce-multiple-firearm-sales..."As a former 9-1-1 dispatcher, I've heard the cries on the other side of the line after a horrific act of gun violence, and those calls will always stay with me," said Congresswoman Torres . "June is Gun Violence Awareness Month, and as Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, I am reintroducing this critical legislation with Rep. ...
- Pressley, Markey Reintroduce Resolution to Honor Survivors of Homicide Victims Nationwide - Ayanna Phttps://pressley.house.gov/2024/12/18/pressley-markey-reintroduce-resolution-to-honor-survivors-of-homicide-victims-nationwide/...“Gun violence has become an all too common tragedy for families across the country. The mental trauma that gun violence inflicts on survivors and victims of homicide is unimaginable,” said Senator Markey . ...
- https://juliabrownley.house.gov/congresswoman-julia-brownley-why-i-joined-the-house-sit-in/...Bob was in my office to talk about legislation that would make it more difficult for the shooter who killed his daughter to have such easy access to a gun. Bob carried his daughter’s ashes with him to Washington for these meetings so that people better understood his loss and that of every parent who loses a child to gun violence. ...
- Newhouse Defends 2nd Amendment, Introduces Legislation to Designate Firearms Industry Workers as “Eshttps://newhouse.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/newhouse-defends-2nd-amendment-introduces-legislation-designate...It is unconscionable to subject our constitutionally-protected rights to the whimsical "health" concerns of anti-gun politicians and bureaucrats. Congress can never allow these failed gun laws to harm American gun owners again," said Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affairs, Gun Owners of America. ...
- https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-on-the-ten-year-anniversary-of-the-aurora-tragedy..."In honor of those killed in Aurora and all those taken from us in the decade since, let us continue fighting to bring our nation's gun epidemic to an end once and for all. As we have promised the survivors of gun violence, House Democrats will never relent until we get the job done." # # # Issues : Gun Violence Prevention Office Locations Image Washington, DC Office 1236 Longworth H.O.B. ...
- https://steube.house.gov/in-the-news/biden-urges-crackdown-on-assault-style-weapons-following-mass-shootings/...Biden would travel to Capitol Hill next week to press lawmakers to approve gun-related legislation or if he would allow the negotiations to play out among lawmakers. House Democrats’ proposal, the Protecting Our Kids Act, would ban the manufacture and sale of high-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, raise the purchasing age for AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifles to 21 from 18, establish new federal offenses for gun trafficking and straw purchasing and new requirements for gun storage at home. ...