'Gun violence impacts all of us and is an existential threat to our lives and our democracy,' says RepBowman, urging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to support 'common-sense' firearm law reform.
, both of which were approved by the House last year but have"sat unmoved in the Senate."
Referring to the more than 20,000 people who were fatally shot in the U.S. last year, the letter implores McConnell ,"You can take action now to put a stop to this spike in gun violence and loss by rallying your Republican colleagues to join Democrats in passing H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446." "Given how much is at stake, anything less than this would be a tragic, unacceptable obstruction to preventing gun violence and gun-related deaths," the lawmakers conclude. that"guns are far too accessible in our communities and have led to crisis after crisis."
"For decades now we've seen school shootings torment our school campuses, taking innocent lives and leaving entire families and communities in despair," the congressman continued."We've seen places of day-to-day activities like schools, houses of worship, music festivals, nightclubs, and spas become places of mass casualties all because guns were accessible to the wrong person.
"Gun violence impacts all of us and is an existential threat to our lives and our democracy," Bowman added."We must end gun violence and passing H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 out of the Senate sets us on the path to do that by enacting stronger and universal background checks."
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gun Violence Is an Epidemic; Health Systems Must Step Up'Health systems must play a larger role in preventing gun violence,' drchethansathya writes. 'We understand that this pandemic has pushed our health care system to its limit...but gun violence is one of America’s deadliest and longest running epidemics.'
Read more »
Philadelphia violence: Grandmother, 80, accidentally shot by teens playing with gun, police sayMultiple teenagers who were handling a weapon accidentally shot an 80-year-old woman inside a Philly home.
Read more »
Birds of prey populations across Europe suppressed by lead poisoning from gun ammunition: studyPoisoning caused by preying on or scavenging animals shot by hunters using lead ammunition has left the populations of many raptors—or birds of prey—far smaller than they should be, according to the first study to calculate these impacts across Europe.
Read more »
Amid recent homicides, Harrisburg residents meet again to talk about curbing gun violenceOrganized by resident Lavet Henderson and non profit organization Friends of Midtown, the event was not only to discuss answers but to also acknowledge unsolved homicide cases.
Read more »
'It's unbelievable': Philadelphia father caught in crossfire of gun fight while walking to storeFamily members say 43-year-old Joseph Leipert was running to the store to get something he needed for dinner when he was caught in the gun fight between two cars. Philadelphia police believe one shooter opened fire from a sunroof and another fired from the passenger's seat window of another car.
Read more »
Opinion: This country’s epidemic of gun violence is a workplace issueAs organized labor, advocacy must be at the core of our mission to bring every worker home from work safely, no matter the cause.
Read more »