Virginia Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Virginia Senate For Passing Life-saving Background Check Legislation
1.16.2020
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1.16.2020
Last Week, Volunteers with Moms Demand Action Held an Annual Advocacy Day to Meet With Lawmakers on the First Day of Session
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund was the Largest Outside Investor in Virginia’s 2019 Elections, Spending $2.5 Million
RICHMOND, Va. —The Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today applauded the Virginia Senate for passing legislation which closes dangerous gaps in Virginia’s background check laws.
“Lawmakers are listening to the vast majority of Virginians who support common-sense gun safety laws,” said Nancy Spooner, a volunteer with Virginia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “Even as a vocal minority of gun extremists prepare to descend on the Capitol on Monday, it’s clear we finally have elected officials who will stand up for gun safety.”
“Lawmakers in the Virginia Senate are doing what we elected them to do: passing legislation to keep our communities, families, and schools safe,” said Jed Baul, a volunteer with the Virginia Commonwealth University chapter of Students Demand Action. “They won’t be intimidated by gun extremists, and neither will we.”
More information about the legislation passed today:
Did you know?
Every day, more than 120 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death, 2018–2022; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
Last updated: 5.7.2024
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