COMMONSENSE GUN SAFETY

Action: This bill increases investment in more well-trained School Resource Officers so that every school has a first responder already on the campus in the event of a critical incident.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary

Date:  07/27/2023

Action: This bill requires silent panic alarms in all schools to immediately alert law enforcement of an active shooter situation. The bill will also increase investment in more well-trained School Resource Officers, to help protect students and faculty.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Date:  07/27/2023

Action: This bill bans the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of high-capacity gun magazines that hold more than fifteen rounds. 

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 

Date: 1/30/2023

Action: This bill bans the sale of certain semi-automatic weapons, including the AR-15 rifle that’s been used in some of the nation’s most high-profile mass shootings, and high-capacity gun magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition.

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 

Date: 2/1/2023

Action: This bill requires a background check for every firearm sale. 

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 

Date: 2/1/2023

Action: This bill closes the so-called “Charleston Loophole” that currently allows the sale of a firearm to proceed if a background check is not completed within three days.. 

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 

Date: 3/30/2023

Action: This bill establishes a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. 

Date: 6/9/2023

Action: This bill requires a Federal firearms licensee to provide information on safe gun storage to a prospective firearm buyer, and to provide a gun safe tax credit.

Action: To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

Latest: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means. 

Date: 6/9/2023

Action: This resolution condemns the horrific shootings that occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 10, 2023, in the Old National Bank building, and on April 15, 2023, in Chickasaw Park, and honors the memory of the victims of these attacks while reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to support all victims of gun violence.

To address gun violence, the resolution would establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.  

Date: 4/27/2023

Action: This bill extends the ban on undetectable firearms through 2031, deterring gun manufacturers from producing ghost guns and keeping our stadiums safe. This legislation requires gun manufacturers to put enough metal into all guns, so they will go off in a metal detector.
Result: This bill became law through a bipartisan spending package to avert a partial government shutdown.
Date: March 9, 2024

Action: This letter calls on major sports leagues — the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, MLS, and NASCAR — to work with lawmakers, law enforcement, and FIFA to closely coordinate security efforts ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

Result: Sent

Date: 06/20/24

Action: This letter, sent with Moms Demand Action,  declared a “Common Sense Strategy” to help prevent gun violence in school.

Result: Sent

Date: 6/10/2022

Action: This letter asks for the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees to hold a hearing to examine a  settlement agreement DOJ reached with ghost gun companies regarding the dissemination of instructions for printing 3-D guns.

Result: N/A

Date: 7/26/2018

Action: This letter asking them to expedite the award of STOP School Violence Act Grants as funded in the FY2018 Omnibus. 

Result: N/A

Date: 5/29/2018