In 2022 there have been more than 200 mass shootings — defined as four or more people being shot or killed — and after the latest in Uvalde, Texas, elected officials are looking to implement gun safety legislation once again.
Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig shared her thoughts on recent gun violence with News Talk 830 WCCO’s Chad Hartman.
Earlier this week, the nation was shocked after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, killing 19 students and two teachers.
Prior to the Uvalde shooting, a gunman entered a Buffalo grocery store earlier this month, killing 10 in a racially motivated attack.
Members of Congress have continued their fight for common-sense gun safety laws, and Craig says that it is possible to support the proposals and the 2nd Amendment.
“I’m a member of my local gun club,” Craig said. “My boys trap shoot. We hunt as a family.”
When it comes to who has been working to put these laws into place, Craig says the House has been doing its job, but the issue is the gridlocked Senate.
“We have passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act. We have passed extreme risk protection bills. We have passed a bill that would regulate large capacity ammunition in our country,” Craig said. “We don’t have a Senate that will act.”
Craig is right, with several bills having been passed through the House with bipartisan support like HR 1446, which would close the “Charleston Loophole,” and the background check bill Craig mentioned, HR 8.
Despite this, the Senate will not move to vote on the legislation, and Craig says that the United States continues to suffer, being the only country in the world to experience mass shootings like this.
She says that this is partly because our gun laws are not like the rest of the world, and Congress won’t work together to figure it out.
“We believe that we can both support the 2nd Amendment and do everything we can to keep children and communities safe,” Craig said.
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