Gun Violence Prevention
November 7, 2017
Rep. Quigley introduced legislation requiring the Attorney General to conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on possible links between mass shooters and a history of domestic violence.
November 7, 2017
"If we look at the recent mass shootings in Sutherland Springs, Orlando, and the Congressional Baseball Game practice, we see a noticeable trend: all these shooters acted alone and had prior history of domestic violence," Quigley said in a statement.
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 10, 2017
“We can’t let the slaughter continue,” Quigley told the crowd. “Does life mean that little to you?” he asked after describing his experience at an Indiana gun show where an assault weapon was raffled off. “To the NRA I ask, does life mean that little to you? To my friends who won’t act, sadly my Republican friends in Congress, does life mean that little to you?”
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 9, 2017
“Does life mean that little to you?” Quigley said, after recounting his experience at an Indiana gun show where a high-powered rifle was being raffled off for $1 tickets. “To the NRA I ask, does life mean that little to you? To my friends who won’t act, sadly my Republican friends in Congress, does life mean that little to you?
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 6, 2017
“I think we all should anticipate and understand and assume that the threats are national and that they will go after our largest cities and our softest targets,” he said. “Chicago is obviously a target. We have many soft targets.”
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 4, 2017
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, spoke on the House Floor about Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas and the need for Members of Congress to take courageous action to save lives.
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 3, 2017
“It is a statistical fact that we are way ahead on gun violence than the rest of the world. The point is regardless we still have to begin to address it. Just to say, ‘Well there’s nothing you can do’, it doesn’t really help the situation. The fact of the matter is, we at least can try to mitigate this as we’ve tried to mitigate all disasters.”
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 2, 2017
CHICAGO – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), released the following statement following the mass shooting in Las Vegas:
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Gun Violence Prevention
July 19, 2017
Rep. Quigley offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill to fully fund the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), a critical resource to provide a more comprehensive picture of the circumstances surrounding violent deaths.
June 21, 2017
Some eyebrows went up this morning when President Trump's Justice Department announced 12 cities would get "significant assistance" in fighting crime under his new National Public Safety Partnership—and Chicago wasn't one of the dozen.
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Gun Violence Prevention