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Statement by Congressman Kildee on Mass Shooting at Texas Elementary School

Statement

Date: May 25, 2022
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Guns

Congressman Dan Kildee, Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, issued the below statement following news of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas:

"In recent days we have seen horrific violence, first in a racially-motivated shooting at a grocery store in New York, and now at an elementary school in Texas. We must acknowledge that these senseless mass shootings do not happen with such frequency in other developed countries. We are not helpless. We can choose to act to pass commonsense gun laws to make it harder for bad people to get a deadly weapon, including universal background checks, limiting high-capacity magazines and closing the gun show loophole. No one law may stop every bad person with a gun, but we have to act and stop the madness. Thoughts and prayers are not enough."


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