Issue Position: Proven Solutions for the National Gun Violence Epidemic

Issue Position

-Create safe schools and communities by enacting commonsense gun laws
-Ban assault weapons, implement stronger background checks, and close dangerous loopholes for gun purchases
-Enact red flag laws and Extreme Risk Protection Orders

The epidemic of gun violence tragically touches communities across the United States every single day. As a mother of two children, it is unconscionable that our students, families and communities live in fear at school, places of worship, movie theaters, shopping malls, and beyond, all because Congress won't step up and implement the common sense gun reform we know will save lives.

I'm proud to have been named a "Gun Responsibility Champion" by the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, and to have been given their A+ Rating -- the highest rating of any candidate in this race. Gun violence is preventable, but only if leaders are willing to pass the laws that will make our communities safer.

Nationally, we need to implement the same smart reforms that voters have overwhelmingly approved locally. Stopping gun violence requires a national effort -- if any state still has laws that allow guns to get in the hands of those who shouldn't have them, every community is at risk.

Let's start by implementing stronger, universal background checks and closing loopholes that allow guns to get into the hands of people who shouldn't have them. Next, we need red flag laws and Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) that take guns out of the hands of people who are violent, may be in crisis, or are a threat to themselves or others. We must get assault weapons off our streets and we must prevent the widespread dissemination of untraceable and undetectable 3D printed "ghost' guns.

The only way to end the NRA's stranglehold on the safety of everyday Americans is to elect a representative who will bring the vision, the experience, and the drive needed to take on the gun lobby and support lifesaving reform -- I pledge to be that Congresswoman.

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