McCollum Statement on Gun Violence Prevention

Press Release

Yesterday's massacre in San Bernardino, CA was the 355th mass shooting in the U.S. this year in which there were 4 or more victims. Over the past decade, 280,000 Americans have died due to gun violence.

Gun violence in America has now become such a common, everyday occurrence that we know there will be another "breaking news" report of a shooting. We can only hope it is not our town, neighborhood, or family that is victimized.

This is intolerable. I am done with the "politically correct" talk about "common sense" gun safety measures. It is time for the American people who value their safety from gun violence more than gun rights to stand up and say: "enough!"

This Republican Congress is controlled by the NRA and they are only interested in protecting guns, not our families and communities. Innocent Americans will continue to be murdered in schools, churches and at work unless policy makers acknowledge the proliferation of guns is directly responsible for this epidemic of death and violence.

We need a comprehensive public safety and public health approach to guns in America. Every legal firearm should be required to be registered and insured for liability. Ammunition sales should be regulated and limited. And, possessing or owning a firearm should require safety training and a license following a background check.

How is the public safer when there are more regulations imposed on a person owning and driving an automobile than on an individual who owns an arsenal of guns?

It is time to make America safe for all our families!

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