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Exclusion GOSAFE Act that would ban bump stocks devices that turn semiautomatic weapons into machine guns by increasing their rate of fire Kaine s cosponsorships follow a U S Supreme Court ruling last week...feeding devices Both bills have been endorsed by numerous gun safety organizations including Everytown for Gun Safety GIFFORDS Brady United Against Gun Violence March for Our Lives March Fourth and more Kaine...long supported legislation to prevent gun violence In April on the 17th anniversa...Continue Reading

Virginia s U S Senators have introduced a bill in Congress they say could reduce gun violence in America Included in their proposal is a provision commonly known as Lucia s Law In 2021 13 year old Lucia...tragedy in Central Virginia where a caregiver frankly should have been aware that they were giving a gun to someone that could be in harm s way Senator Mark Warner D Virginia told 8News Warner and Senator...Tim Kaine s D Virginia measure would charge parents with a crime if their child gets acc...Continue Reading

Reduce Gun Violence Act to enact a series of gun violence prevention measures federally The bill includes a provision to mandate reporting of lost and stolen guns prevent children from accessing guns and...Hokie community Sadly far too many communities throughout the United States know the pain of horrific gun violence said Kaine I m proud of the steps the Commonwealth has taken in recent years to help keep...place of worship a grocery store or a concert without the terror of gun violence This i...Continue Reading

R Warner and Tim Kaine introduced the Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act legislation to federally enact a series of commonsense gun violence prevention measures adopted by Virginia since 2020 The...Hokie community Sadly far too many communities throughout the United States know the pain of horrific gun violence said Kaine I m proud of the steps the Commonwealth has taken in recent years to help keep...terror of gun violence On the 17th anniversary of Virginia s deadliest mass shooting I m ...Continue Reading

Safer Communities Act which the senators helped pass to close the gun show loophole that has permitted the sale of firearms online and at gun shows without background checks When we passed the Bipartisan Safer...Safer Communities Act we secured long overdue broadly popular provisions to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals said Warner I m glad to see this law take another concrete step forward and...safety and passing additional laws that address the tragic and deadly gun violence...Continue Reading

Kaine and Mark Warner applauded the new gun show loophole rule which is based on the Safer Communities Act The loophole concerns the sale of firearms online and at gun shows by private sellers without background...passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act we secured long overdue broadly popular provisions to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals said Warner I m glad to see this law take another concrete...provisions that promote public safety and passing additional laws that addr...Continue Reading

situation in Haiti and high rates of violence elsewhere in the Caribbean The prevalence of illegal guns trafficked from the United States into the region is fueling this violence The Bipartisan Safer Communities...weapons are a major source of instability in the Caribbean and are fueling the horrific scourge of gun and gang violence we ve seen in Haiti said Senator Tim Kaine The consolidation of power in Haitian...tackle the devastating toll of our gun violence crisis Since the law went into eff...Continue Reading

Policing Services to support state and local law enforcement including efforts to address gang and gun violence and improve school safety and 50 million to support communities developing comprehensive evidence...

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domestic violence survivors from gun violence The bill was named in honor of Lori Jackson of Connecticut and Nicolette Elias of Oregon who tragically lost their lives to gun violence when they were killed...tragically lose their lives to gun violence and we must do more to ensure they re protected said Kaine This bill would better protect domestic violence survivors by keeping guns out of the hands of abusers...supported efforts to prevent gun violence and make our communities safer Last year Ka...Continue Reading