REPS. THOMPSON, KING STATEMENT ON ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NEWTOWN SHOOTING

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Pete King (R-NY) released the following statement on tomorrow's one-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

"One year ago today our nation witnessed a horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In the year since more than 10,000 people have been killed by someone using a gun and Congress has done nothing to reduce gun violence. That is unacceptable. Congress needs to act, and we should start by passing our bipartisan background check bill so that criminals, terrorists, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill do not have easy access to guns. 187 of our colleagues have co-authored this legislation and more have said they'd vote for it if the bill was brought to the floor. It's time to get this bill passed and signed into law," said Thompson and King in a joint statement.

King and Thompson are co-authors of H.R. 1565, bipartisan legislation to expand the current background check system to all commercial gun sales. Joining them are original co-authors Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pat Meehan (R-PA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) and Peter Defazio (D-OR).

The bipartisan King-Thompson legislation is identical to the bipartisan agreement on background checks struck by A-rated NRA Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA).

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