Gun Violence Prevention
Over the past several weeks, our nation has been devastated by gun violence. While we were still reeling from the racially-motivated shooting in Buffalo, NY, a gunman massacred elementary school children in Uvalde, TX. This week alone we have seen shootings at a hospital in Tulsa, OK, a Walmart in Pittson, PA, and a high school in Los Angeles, CA.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley released the following statement after nineteen students and two adults were murdered in a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas:
"This horror should be unimaginable but in the United States, this is the 212th mass shooting of the year. In Chicago, more than 200 people have died from gun violence so far in 2022.
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) have begun circulating a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) calling for increased accountability for bad actors among gun dealers. The letter highlights the need for bold leadership by ATF while the Senate considers the nomination of Steve Dettelbach to serve as ATF Director.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley's (IL-05) legislation the NICS Denial Notification Act has been signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the FY22 Omnibus package.
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations and Intelligence Committees, released the following statement in reaction to President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address:
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) reintroduced the Trafficking Reduction and Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act, to help the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) reduce illegal firearms trafficking and make it harder for criminals to obtain deadly weapons.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Ted Deutch (FL-22), and Gerry Connolly (VA-11) reintroduced the "Buyback Our Safety Act," legislation that would create a Department of Justice program to support local gun buyback initiatives.
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's executive orders to address gun violence:
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Eric Swalwell (CA-15), and Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) reintroduced gun safety legislation that will help states enforce existing laws against individuals who attempt to purchase firearms but have no legal right to do so.
President Trump signed into law Tuesday the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act, the bipartisan bill Senate companion to U.S. Representative Mike Quigley H.R.3735, after receiving a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives.