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a great colleague I so admire her stellar track record as Mayor and Senator Her decades of work on gun safety national security and too many other issues to name took us forward as a country and her voice...

local government agencies and other community stakeholders This includes efforts to address gang and gun violence and improve school safety Support for Missing Persons Program Includes 1 million to help with...

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act legislation to ensure that victims of gun violence have their day in court and that negligent gun companies and gun sellers are not shielded from liability...gives the gun industry a unique and unjustifiable legal liability shield that protects gun manufacturers from lawsuits Every community across Virginia has been impacted by the scourge of gun violence and...the gun industry should be held accountable when they act with negligence and di...Continue Reading

Virginia and America including gun violence and domestic threats from extremist organizations To improve public safety Kaine is working to pass His Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act legislation to...extreme risk protection orders and preventing minors from accessing firearms to strengthen federal gun safety laws and make our communities safer Government funding bills that include greater funding for...reauthorize the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 which led to a 183 increase in ...Continue Reading

Americans to Respond HEAR Act bicameral gun safety legislation that would ban the importation sale manufacturing transfer and possession of gun silencers or suppressors A gun silencer also known as a suppressor...time and location of loud noises A gun silencer was used in the Virginia Beach mass shooting on May 31 2019 Far too many communities have been devastated by gun violence Gun silencers like the one used in...locating an active shooter said Kaine Banning gun silencers is a commonsense ste...Continue Reading

rebuilding our infrastructure lowering costs improving childhood cancer research and passing commonsense gun safety reform She is a passionate advocate principled public servant and wonderful colleague I know...

Charleston loophole that allows gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed within a certain time period even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun This gap in existing law...law has allowed thousands of guns to be sold to prohibited buyers including the firearm used by the shooter in the deadly attack at Charleston s Emanuel AME Church In 2019 more than eight prohibited people...people per day were sold guns by dealers who did not wait for a completed backgro...Continue Reading

the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act BSCA legislation the senators voted to pass last year to curb gun violence following mass shootings in Uvalde Buffalo and communities across the country We ve heard...Virginians including students and parents who do not feel safe in their communities following horrific gun violence in the Commonwealth and across the country It s clear we must do more said Warner and Kaine...and Kaine have long supported a comprehensive approach to curbing gun violence includi...Continue Reading

Kaine cosponsored legislation to ban the marketing of firearms to children The Protecting Kids from Gun Marketing Act led by Senator Edward J Markey D MA would specifically direct the Federal Trade Commission...tobacco alcohol and cannabis advertising For decades gunmakers have marketed automatic rifle style guns the weapon of choice in mass shootings and other weapons to children These weapons include WEE1 Tactical...rifle Our nation s young people are all too familiar with the tragic impacts o...Continue Reading

weapons and high capacity magazines and other high capacity ammunition feeding devices This includes the gun used by a shooter on January 22 to kill 11 people and injure 9 more at a Lunar New Year s celebration...Virginia have experienced the pain brought on by gun violence time and time again the Senators said While this legislation will not prevent every senseless act of gun violence it is a reasonable step that will...weapons to fire at fully automatic rates Exemptions include The bill exempt...Continue Reading