From individuals who are a danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose. Mr. Nadler without objection, the bill is considered read and open for amendment. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Last month, the country was rocked by news of Mass Shootings on two successive days in el paso, texas where 22 were killed and dayton, ohio, nine people were killed and 27 injured. A few weeks later, the gunman in odessa texas took the lives of seven people. 5 people were killed in Mass Shootings in Mass Shootings. The governors speech was called to do something. Today we will. This committee has passed two important gun safety measures. The background checks act and enhanced back grouped checks act. And they are being blocked in the senate by the republican. Today we consider three more measures that will prevent the tragic gun violence that has engulfed this nation. I want to emphasize we are not taking these actions simply to respond to Mass Shootings. It has
[indistinct conversations] [chatter] as i said, we would like to move on to the next bill. That people leave and come up these do so quietly. You. Eople coming in, thank pursuant to notice by h. R. 12 0 6, the protection order act of 2019. The clerk will report the bill. 1236 to support state, tribal and local efforts to remove access of firearms from individuals who are in danger to themselves and others pursuant to court orders for this purpose. Without objection. I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. Rep. Nadler last month the country was rocked by news of Mass Shootings on two successive days in el paso, texas, where 22 people were killed and 26 wounded, and in dayton ohio nine people were killed and 27 others injured. A few weeks later, a gunman in odessa, texas took other peoples lives. 53 people were killed in total in Mass Shootings in august alone. Individual to commemorate the victims in dayton, the governor speech was drawn out by calls to do something
Approximately 204,000 hate sex, ased on race, are committed in the u. S. Every year. An historic africanamerican church. In 2016, a nightclub in orlando, florida, was attacked. Most of whom were lgbtq and latino. A total of 12 people were killed and 10 wounded during attacks at synagogues in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and powerade, california. Just last month, a shooter in el paso targeted mexicanamericans who were shopping at a walmart store, killing 22. These horrible attacks have two things in common. They are all hate crimes and all committed with a gun. As these show, guns are a motivatedool of hate violence and intimidation. Hate crimes committed in the u. S. Involved a gun. Despite these grim statistics, our nations weak gun laws give easy access to guns to individuals seeking to do harm. Many of those convicted of misdemeanor level hate crimes remain free to buy and possess guns. These hate crimes include many types of threatening and dangerous conduct including threats of assau
Into the house. The clerk will report the bill. Efforts to remove access to firearms from individuals who already danger to themselves or others pursuant to court orders for this purpose. The bill is considered read and open for amendment. I recognize myself for an opening statement. Last month, the country was rocked by news of Mass Shootings on two successive days in el paso, texas where 22 were killed and dayton, ohio, nine people were killed and 27 injured. A few weeks later, the gunman in odessa texas took the lives of seven people. 5 people were killed in Mass Shootings in Mass Shootings. The governors speech was called to do something. Today we will. This committee has passed two important gun safety measures. The background checks act and enhanced back grouped checks act. And they are being blocked in the senate by the republican. Today we consider three more measures that will prevent the tragic gun violence that has engulfed this nation. I want to emphasize we are not taking
so-called red flag laws. enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21. closing the boyfriend loophole. penalties for straw purchases. and clarifying the definition of firearms dealer. eva joins me now. there s a lot to unpack here but the issue is moving forward. it has the potential to become law. jim, it is. it could be consequential. we have not seen any real gun safety measures passed in decades in congress. take the boyfriend loophole, for instance. anyone deemed to have been in a serious dating relationship and convicted of a domestic violence charge would no longer be eligible to buy a gun. previous atempts to pass this have failed under the weight of pressure from the nra. there s also a red flag law provision that allows law enforcement to keep guns away from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, found by a judge. but it sounds like the states would be given the choice to opt in to be given federal dollars for this effort, doesn t seem to