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Transcripts For CSPAN House Judiciary Committee On Gun Violence Prevention 20240714

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 governor s 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 shoot

Transcripts For CSPAN House Judiciary Committee On Gun Violence Prevention 20240714

mr. buck: yes. thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment specifically amends the bill in front of us. it doesn t ask another committee to take it up. number one. number two, it talks about risk factors that are included in our bill specifically page 22 of our bill and makes sure that a veterans use of a a veteran s use of a firearm previously is not considered a risk factor because that veteran was serving his country and had authority to use that weapon. i want to make sure we are protecting veterans and it is i believe germane to the underlying bill that we re considering. mr. nadler: i m prepared the chair is prepared to rule on the point of order. the chair rules the point of order is well taken, the bill is not i m sorry, the amendment is not within the jurisdiction of the committee, although it amends this bill, any amendment obviously would amend this bill, it requires actions to be taken by the department of veterans affairs under fitele 38 and we have under titl

Transcripts For CSPAN House Judiciary Committee On Gun Violence Prevention 20240714

many levels and i want to take us back to the underlying bill and extreme risk protection order act. which would incentivize states and localities to implement extreme risk laws, which is simply common sense. and i wanted to bring forward our experience in my home state of washington, which became the fourth state in the nation to pass an extreme risk law in 2016. since we have implemented that law in washington state, and we ve supported it with county resources to help enforce the law by also recovering firearms from people ordered to surrender them by a judge, a number of people at risk of suicide have been referred. according to kimberly wyatt, who runs the king county program, she has, quote, seen folks who were in the midst of the behavioral health crisis come into court and thank law enforcement for saving their lives. late last year law enforcement in washington state prevented a possible mass shooting after someone flagged a potential threat. and that was a man who p

Transcripts For CSPAN House Judiciary Committee On Gun Violence Prevention 20240714

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 governor s 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

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