Issue Position: Common Sense Gun Control

Issue Position

Charles has lost five family members to gun violence in his lifetime, and knows intimately the impact gun violence can have on the family members and communities that experience it. He joins Americans across the country in carrying the trauma of having loved ones murdered. Gun violence is a public health crisis, and must be addressed as one.

Charles supports common-sense gun control measures that will keep all families safe. In the Kentucky General Assembly, he has sponsored gun safety legislation while opposing policies to allow permitless concealed carry in Kentucky, and mandatory arming of School Resource Officers.

As a Senator, Charles will support mandatory universal background checks for all gun purchases and enforcement of wait times to allow for full background checks. He will advocate for closing of the Charleston loophole, ensure that weapons of war are not used to devastate neighborhoods, and will support full funding (at least $50 million) of the Centers for Disease Control to allow for research into the public health threat that is gun violence.

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