Senator Murray Statement on New Federal Action to Expand Background Checks, Implement Bipartisan Gun Safety Law
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Issues: Guns
“Thanks to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and President Biden’s leadership, this rule will help keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers, violent criminals, and other individuals who have no business purchasing firearms—and it takes us one step closer to universal background checks. No doubt, this will save lives.
While Washington state has led the way to pass meaningful gun safety reform, a patchwork of good state laws is not sufficient; as long as I’m in Congress, I’ll keep fighting to advance commonsense gun safety laws—whether that’s an assault weapons ban or more funding to treat gun violence as the public health crisis it is.”
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