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Democratic colleagues believe gun violence is a public health crisis putting it in the purview of their committee that covers health As Senators it is our responsibility to address gun violence like the public...policy changes to ensure that they no longer happen Doing so necessitates hearing from survivors of gun violence and others who have been affected including students parents and teachers It also requires...Mayor of Richmond Governor of Virginia and U S Senator Kaine has supported commons...Continue Reading

of their colleagues in urging the Department of Education to focus more on tangible ways to prevent gun violence in schools instead of blaming last month s shooting in Parkland Florida on a 2014 directive...on School Safety begins we write to urge you to focus on meaningful reforms to improve gun safety and prevent gun violence instead of focusing on distractions that will take us backwards the Senators wrote...Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline will no...Continue Reading

critical funding to protect Virginia children and families from falling victim to the epidemics of gun violence and opioid addiction In addition this bill fulfills the full 150 million federal commitment...record check system this bill fails to make them universal or make the other reforms we need to reduce gun violence And it s inexcusable that Republicans in Congress and President Trump still haven t agreed...percent pay raise Gun Safety The Fix NICS National Instant Criminal Background System...Continue Reading

Republican leadership to take up legislation to help prevent gun following the tragedy in Parkland Kaine spoke about his experience working to prevent gun violence as Mayor of Richmond and Governor of Virginia...learned is you can actually take concrete steps that will make your community safer that will reduce gun violence You won t eliminate it That s beyond our power as humble people to do but you can reduce it...reduce gun violence including universal background record checks prior to gun pu...Continue Reading

solutions to help prevent gun violence In the wake of Parkland and countless other tragedies it s all too clear that we need to take action to protect our communities from gun violence Students and parents...needing to reload Owners may keep existing magazines The bill makes exemptions for more than 2 200 guns for hunting household defense or recreational purposes and includes a grandfather clause that exempts...assault weapon covered by the bill Requires that grandfathered assault weapons are s...Continue Reading

and now to a small church in Texas we have seen holes in the background record check system allow guns to get in the hands of people who shouldn t have access to them Kaine said Our background record check...Violence Reporting Enhancement Act would help close one of those loopholes and protect Americans from gun violence Federal civilian law mandates that those convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence...reported under the federal law that keeps those convicted of domestic violence c...Continue Reading

permits gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed after 72 hours even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun The gap in existing law has allowed thousands of gun sales...s deadly attack at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston South Carolina in 2015 Roof was able to buy a gun because of the FBI s failure to complete his background check within the three business days allotted...said While no single legislative action can solve the problem of gun violence this comm...Continue Reading

Americans Safe Act a commonsense bill that bans the importation sale manufacture transfer or possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition and are designed for shooting en masse In what...on a rampage Sen Kaine said We should pass this commonsense bill and other measures to curb deadly gun violence like the tragic shooting in Las Vegas last week For too long Congress has done nothing to...

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine joined U S Senator Dianne Feinstein D CA to introduce the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act a bill to close a loophole that allows semi automatic weapons to be easily modified...similar accessories that accelerate a semi automatic rifle s rate of fire Fully automatic machine guns have been strictly regulated since 1986 under President Reagan This bill will fix an egregious loophole...would help curb deadly gun violence by closing a dangerous loophole that allow...Continue Reading

improving mental health policy and passing commonsense measures to curb gun violence including requiring background record checks prior to gun purchases and improving the number and accuracy of records submitted...sponsored the CDC Research on Firearms Safety or Gun Violence Prevention Act a bill that would lift the de facto twenty year ban on research into firearms safety and gun violence prevention at the CDC Print Email...