Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson Announces Task Force Vice Chairs

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Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-5) today announced 11 vice chairs to serve on the task force in the 114th Congress. The vice chairs and Thompson will make up the task force's leadership team.

"I am proud to announce our leadership team for the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force," said Thompson. "Our vice chairs have a wide range of expertise, come from different backgrounds, and will bring unique ideas to the table as we work to reduce and prevent gun violence while also protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. In 113th Congress our task force was successful in increasing funding for background check system to record levels. Now we need to take the next, and most important, step towards reducing gun violence by expanding background system so it can't be bypassed with the click of a mouse or by driving to a gun show."

After the December 14, 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Thompson was named by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to chair a congressional task force on reducing and preventing gun violence. Thompson is a hunter, gun owner, former chair of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, and veteran who carried a military-style assault weapon during a tour in Vietnam.

In February 2013, the task force announced a comprehensive set of policy principles designed to reduce gun violence while respecting the 2nd Amendment Rights of law-abiding Americans.

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