Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2017
By: James Lewis, Communications Director
Yesterday, Congresswomen Dina Titus (NV-01) and Robin Kelly (IL-02) took to the House floor to challenge their colleagues to quickly approve life-saving legislation to ban “bump stocks,” an after-market modification that turns assault weapons into nearly fully-automatic weapons.
“Congressional Republicans and the NRA signaled support of action on bump stocks in the wake of the 1 October tragedy,” said Congresswoman Dina Titus. “But since then, their hopeful and sympathetic tone has morphed into radio silence. We cannot ignore the fact that if we don’t act soon, we risk jeopardizing more innocent lives.”
“Machine guns were outlawed for a reason and devices that turn a firearm into machine guns should be outlawed as well,” added Congresswoman Kelly.
In the days following the Las Vegas tragedy, legislation was introduced to prohibit the manufacturing, possession or transfer of “bump stocks.”
It seemed that bump stock legislation was likely to be the first common sense gun safety proposal to receive a vote since Republicans took control of the House in 2010. However, a recent change of heart from the NRA has ground the legislative process to a halt on such life-saving measures.
Following their speeches, Congresswoman Titus read the names of the 58 Las Vegas victims into the Congressional Record. These names add to the 150 already read into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Kelly following her pledge to read one name into the Record for every dollar Speaker Paul Ryan took from the NRA during the 2016 election cycle.
- Hannah Ahlers
- Heather Alvarado
- Dorene Anderson
- Carrie Barnette
- Jack Beaton
- Steve Berger
- Candice Bowers
- Denise Burditus
- Sandy Casey
- Andrea Castilla
- Denise Cohen
- Austin Davis
- Thomas Day, Jr.
- Christiana Duarte
- Stacee Etcheber
- Brian Fraser
- Keri Galvan
- Dana Gardner
- Angela Gomez
- Rocio Guillen Rocha
- Charleston Hartfield
- Chris Hazencomb
- Jennifer Topaz Irvine
- Teresa Nicol Kimura
- Jessica Klymchuk
- Carly Kreibaum
- Rhonda LeRocque
- Victor Link
- Jordan McIldoon
- Kelsey Meadows
- Calla-Marie Medig
- James “Sonny” Melton
- Patricia Mestas
- Austin Meyer
- Adrian Murfitt
- Rachael Parker
- Jenny Parks
- Carrie Parsons
- Lisa Patterson
- John Phippen
- Melissa Ramirez
- Jordyn Rivera
- Quinton Robbins
- Cameron Robinson
- Tara Roe
- Lisa Romero-Muniz
- Chris Roybal
- Brett Schwanbeck
- Bailey Schweitzer
- Laura Shipp
- Erick Silva
- Susan Smith
- Brennan Stewart
- Derrick “Bo” Taylor
- Neysa Tonks
- Michelle Vo
- Kurt von Tillow
- Bill Wolfe
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Source: www.robinkelly.house.gov
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