All across our country and thank you to senator murphy for organizing this important action this evening. Back to school bring such great memories of my own children of my son and daughter i remember them packing crayons and paper in their backpacks going off to meet their new teachers and catch up with friends to talk about what they did during the summer. It is always such an exciting time of year for them. Unfortunately, it is not the same now for their children, my grandchildren. I have two grandsons and a granddaughter that are now in school. The first new question that was asked when buying their backpacks was do you want a Bulletproof Backpack . Do you want a Bulletproof Backpack . That was one of the questions to buy their backpacks for school. Ee i also think of two weeks ago when my youngest grandson who was in School Started second grade. My daughter and i were talking about the fact in addition to all of the excitementtroun and Energy Around starting school there were chang
We will come to order, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if he waits this out, it will go away. Well, were not going away. Children are dying and the trauma is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2,000 kids between the ages of 1217 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Almost every child in america
We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if he waits this out, it will go away. Well, were not going away. Children are dying and the trauma is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2,000 kids between the ages of 1217 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Almost every child in america has experienced an active Shooter Drill. Schools are now being designed to give kids hiding places because congress refuses to act. This is shameful. We are here today to call on t
Over an hour and a half. We will come to order, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation. And the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policies. There have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if he waits this out, it will go away. Well, were not going away. Children are dying and the trauma is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2,000 kids between the ages of 1217 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Almo
Witnesses on the impact of guns in their lives, the effect on communities, and what steps could be taken to curb gun violence. This is just over an hour and a half. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation and the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says it is too soon to talk about policy. Unfortunately, there have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes that if he waits this out, it will just go away. Well, we are not going away. We are not going to go away because children are dying and the trauma is scarring an entire generation. Week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2000 kids between the ages have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Al