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colleagues in reintroducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales Under current federal law unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background...background check prior to transferring a firearm Research indicates that nearly a quarter of all gun sales in the United States may occur without a background check U S Representative Mike Thompson D CA introduced...all firearms This requirement extends to all unlicensed sellers wheth...Continue Reading

of more violence to come 2 Peter Hermann Julie Zauzmer Beaten sprayed with mace and hit with stun guns police describe injuries to dozens of officers during assault on U S Capitol Wash Post Jan 11 2021...

Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced the Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020 a bill to federally enact a series of commonsense gun violence prevention measures adopted by Virginia earlier this...implement a one handgun a month policy Too many communities across the Commonwealth have been affected by gun violence That s why earlier this month Virginia led the charge by adopting reasonable measures to help...approach to help make our communities safer by helping to keep guns out of th...Continue Reading

More than ten prohibited people a day are sold guns by dealers who do not wait for completed background check WASHINGTON D C Today ahead of the fifth anniversary of the funeral service for the victims...allows 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...background check system can have said Kaine It s beyond comprehension that someone barred f...Continue Reading

signed into law several gun violence prevention measures These commonsense reforms are an enormous achievement that will make Virginia communities safer We have seen the scourge of gun violence in the tragedies...reduce gun violence We must build on these efforts at the federal level Kaine has long supported commonsense steps to reduce gun violence including universal background record checks prior to gun purchases...

for 10 year old Gabriella Miller of Loudoun County who passed away from cancer in October of 2013 Gun Violence Research Includes 25 million for the Centers for Disease Control CDC and the National Institute...help save lives The Senators introduced legislation earlier this year to fund firearms safety and gun violence prevention research at the CDC BUILD Infrastructure Grants Provides 1 billion for competitive...

overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States surpassing car accidents and gun violence Grants issued under the COOCLI program support efforts to 1 undertake research activities...

additional federal dollars to fight this ongoing crisis Opioid overdoses have surpassed car accidents and gun violence as the leading cause of accidental death in Virginia with more than 1 500 overdose related...

speech honoring the victims of gun violence tragedies including in Virginia Beach and at Virginia Tech and calling on Majority Leader McConnell to let the Senate vote on gun violence prevention measures...country and then he came to this nation and loved it but he couldn t survive the carnage of American gun violence but he did at least decide he wouldn t be a bystander That is what we are called to do in...have to be willing to take up and debate and vote on commonsense measures to keep America...Continue Reading

Senator Bob Menendez D N J today introduced new federal gun safety legislation to ban the importation sale manufacture transfer or possession of gun silencers or suppressors The Help Empower Americans to...handgun fitted with a suppressor to kill 12 Americans in Virginia Beach What first sounded like a nail gun ended up being gunfire said Sen Menendez The sound of gunshots is what tells you that your life is...save themselves At the end of the day if you can hear a weapon you might just save a l...Continue Reading