PENNSYLVANIA — Senator Bob Casey joined Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy and other senators — Democrat and Republican — on Wednesday to demand much-needed action on gun control. “We can take action,” said Senator Casey. “We’ve got to do a long list of things to deal with gun violence to reduce that number of 33,000 Americans dying every year because we refuse, the Congress of the United States refuses, to take any action at all.”
Watch Senator Casey’s floor speech here:
Senator Casey has proposed legislation to ban the sale of guns to those convicted of hate crimes. Read more about that legislation:
WTAE: ‘We have to take action’: Sen. Casey unveils Hate Crimes Prevention Act
US Senator Bob Casey announced Monday that he is introducing legislation that would prevent those convicted of criminal acts based on hate from owning firearms. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act would prohibit the purchase, possession, or shipment of a firearm by anyone convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, and would also prohibit the sale of firearms to anyone reasonably suspected of being guilty of a hate crime.
CBS News: Sen. Bob Casey launches new hate crime legislation
“If you have proven you will commit criminal acts based on hate, you absolutely should not have access to a gun,” Casey said during Monday’s press conference. “It’s common sense. It is time we as members of Congress do something.” Current cosponsors of the legislation include Democratic Senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, Barbara Boxer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Tammy Baldwin.
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