Gun Violence Prevention
October 5, 2016
House Democrats are calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to update a report it last published nearly two decades ago about gun violence to help inform public policy on the issue.
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Gun Violence Prevention
October 3, 2016
U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Mike Thompson (CA-5), members of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, sent a letter along with 46 of their Democratic colleagues to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) urging for the publication of an updated “Following the Gun” report, which examines where criminals obtain their firearms, in light of recent tragedies involving gun violence.
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Gun Violence Prevention
September 9, 2016
Our legislation will help law enforcement officials better enforce current gun laws and ensure that guns stay out of the hands of dangerous individuals.
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Gun Violence Prevention
September 8, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) spoke on the House floor about his experience attending a gun show in Crown Point, Indiana.
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Gun Violence Prevention
July 15, 2016
Now that Congress has adjourned for a seven week district work period, I’m sad to report that the House has decided to kick the can down the road on a number of critical issues facing our nation.
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Gun Violence Prevention
Health Care
July 13, 2016
"Gun to the right. No gun to the left" was the greeting heard by attendees entering the cavernous hall in Crown Point, Ind., that hosted the Central Indiana Gun and Knife Show. The Industrial Arts Building on the Lake County Fairgrounds has played host to garden shows and home improvement and craft vendors. But on a recent sunny Sunday afternoon, the rambling, 90-year-old brick building played host to products that were of an altogether different nature.
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Gun Violence Prevention
July 8, 2016
Following the late-night killing of five police officers in Dallas and two men in Minnesota and Louisiana in the days before, top local leaders asked Illinoisans for unity.
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Gun Violence Prevention
June 29, 2016
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Rep. Bill Foster (IL-11), Rep. Danny Davis (IL-07) and gun violence prevention advocates at Federal Plaza in Chicago to demand Congress act on commonsense gun violence legislation.
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Gun Violence Prevention
June 29, 2016
Local congressional leaders converged on downtown Chicago Wednesday as part of a nationwide effort to raise public awareness about the current stalemate in Washington over gun reform.
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Gun Violence Prevention
June 23, 2016
Democrats from Illinois spoke out Wednesday during a rare, raucous sit-in on the House floor, demanding votes on gun control. They threw decorum out the window and, with C-SPAN's camera shut off, spread the word with tweets, snapshots and video.
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Gun Violence Prevention