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Amid growing pressure to reverse a ban on gun control research, a former Republican lawmaker now says he has regrets about writing the provision blocking studies.
In a letter released Wednesday, former Rep. Jay Dickey (R-Ark.) disavowed his efforts two decades ago to block gun control research.
Doctors’ groups joined Democrats on Wednesday in calling on the US Congress to lift the ban on the use of federal funds for gun violence research.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today released a letter from former Republican U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey in which he calls for the Dickey Amendment to be repealed, and for federal research to be conducted on the causes of gun violence, provided that nothing is done to infringe the rights of gun ownership.
Reacting to the mass shooting Wednesday in San Bernardino, Rep. Mike Thompson faulted House Republicans for failing to support to bills intended to curb pervasive gun violence.
Rep. Pete Aguilar was leaving the House floor after the first votes of the day when his staff broke the news: There was an active shooter in his district. He never made it back for the next series of votes.
"My heart aches that the out-of-control gun violence epidemic has come to our community," the
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, sent a letter signed by 114 of his colleagues calling on the White House to take action to reduce gun violence. The letter urges the president to close the background check loophole through executive action.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today sent a letter signed by 114 of his colleagues calling on the White House to take action to reduce gun violence. The letter urges the president to close the background check loophole through executive action.
Dozens of House Democrats are pushing to end the federal ban on gun violence research.
In a Friday letter to Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the Democrats urged the two senior appropriators to remove the decades-old prohibition as part of a year-end government spending package.
If Republicans won’t pass legislation to curb the nation’s gun violence, House Democrats say the president should.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $100,000 United States Department of Agricultural (USDA) grant for the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services.