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Congressman and MAIG co-founder David Cicilline brought a three pack of ideas to the House to address gun violence (Photo: AP)
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-RI, announced a trio of new measures to address gun violence Tuesday to include establishing National ASK Day and expanding background check data.
A founding member of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns organization, Cicilline echoed the words of President Barack Obama following the mass killing at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, which left nine dead.
“We have to do more as a country to address our problem with gun violence – on average, 30 Americans are killed each day with a gun. This just doesn’t happen in other developed countries,” Cicilline said in a statement.
While a number of Senators to include Chuck Shumer of New York, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have made remarks in the past week about restarting a push for gun control legislation, Cicilline is pulling the trigger on three proposals at once.
“While I understand that some in Congress would prefer not to have this debate right now, it is critical that we find the political will to finally address these urgent concerns,” the former mayor of Providence said.
The legislation filed by Cicilline includes:
HR 2916 has been referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary while 2917 has been sent to the Energy and Commerce. The ASK Day resolution has been assigned to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cicilline did not indicate exactly how any of his measures would have prevented another such tragedy as the one in Charleston.
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