Chairman Mike Thompson Statement on Navy Yard Shooting

Statement

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement on yesterday's shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

"Yesterday at a Navy base in Washington, D.C., twelve people were murdered and several more were wounded in yet another horrific mass shooting. While important facts are still being gathered, one thing is clear -- Congress cannot keep standing on the sidelines while more and more lives are senselessly cut short by gun violence.

"It's tragic that nine months after the massacre of innocence in Newtown, it takes another mass shooting to restart the debate on how we can best prevent gun violence. 12 innocent public servants didn't come home from work yesterday. Every day, more than thirty people are killed by someone using a gun. Enough is enough.

"We know there is no one law or set of laws that will stop every act of gun violence. But that cannot be used as an excuse to do nothing. Congress needs to act."

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