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Mitch McConnell said today that he can't call the Senate back in session yet because staff needs time to draft gun violence prevention bills. Yeah, right.🙄 Here are four pieces of legislation we already passed in the House that @senatemajldr could hold a vote on TODAY:
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1. #HR8, The Bipartisan Background Checks Bill would expand background checks on gun sales — including those at gun shows, over the internet or from private dealers –– that currently don't require a background check. Total no-brainer and supported by over 90% of Americans.
2. #HR1112 would close the Charleston loophole, which enabled Dylann Roof, the murderer of nine innocent churchgoers in Charleston, to get his hands on a handgun he would have otherwise been denied, due to a delay in his background check processing. This happens too often.
3. The #ViolenceAgainstWomenAct closes the "boyfriend loophole" which would stop partners convicted of abuse or stalking from being able to buy a gun. This is especially needed since we know domestic abuse is one of the biggest predictors of mass shootings. Again. No-brainer.
4. The funding bills we supported in the House that would allow the Center of Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health to study firearm injury and mortality prevention, which will be key to writing data-informed laws that keep our kids safe.
Mitch, you don't need another month to write new legislation. You need to get back to Washington and take a vote. Well, actually you need to get back to Washington and take FOUR votes. #WheresMitch
