Haaland Votes In Favor of Important Measure to Curb Gun Violence, Measure Passes House Floor

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Today, Congresswoman Haaland (NM-01) voted in favor of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, a measure that aims to curb gun violence by requiring every gun buyer to get a background check even at gun shows. H.R. 8 passed on the U.S. House Floor today, and now moves to the U.S. Senate.

"Students in my district are afraid to go to school and violent crimes committed with a gun are affecting our communities," said Congresswoman Deb Haaland, a cosponsor of H.R. 8. "Young people are leading the way and demanding solutions -- we have a responsibility to our communities, and we must act on effective, common sense solutions to address gun violence."

After a school shooting threat at Cleveland High School this month, Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) joined students and faculty at a pep rally to discuss solutions to address gun violence, and met with students advocating for their safety in her district office.

Congresswoman Deb Haaland is a proponent of common sense solutions to address gun violence including measures that will:

Ensure every gun buyer gets a background check, even at gun shows;
Ban civilians from owning military-style rifles which were involved in 6 out of 10 of the deadliest mass shootings in American history;
Prevent anyone from owning devices that turn semi-automatic weapons into machine guns such as a bump stocks used in the Las Vegas shooting;
Make it illegal to own guns that are untraceable by metal detectors;
Protect victims of domestic violence by giving law enforcement the authority to take guns away from convicted domestic abusers, and;
Create a national gun buyback program to get make our neighborhoods safer by getting guns off the streets

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