40,000 Americans die due to gun-related deaths each year. The most vulnerable members of our society account for the majority of those deaths. Mass violence has robbed my generation of our childhoods and cut many of our lives short. The attempts to simply regulate the sale of weapons haven’t worked. That’s why I support a holistic approach to gun violence, developed and championed by the Gun Violence Prevention movement.
IN CONGRESS, I WILL WORK TO
- Ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
- Require background checks for all gun sales.
- Fund and support local community violence intervention programs, and ensure congress allocates at least $37 million to fully fund public research on gun violence.
- Fight to end the corruption of the gun lobby and dismantle the NRA, and ensure our courts enforce licensing revocation for gun dealers and manufacturers who break the law.
- Develop a national task force to end gun violence of which 25% of the membership is composed of youth and BIPOC representatives who are most affected by gun violence.
