U.S. Rep Grace Meng, D-Flushing, who has spent much of her first term in Congress fighting to institute common sense gun legislation, marked the passage of six months since the tragic Sandy Hook shootings Friday.
It is hard to believe that we cannot come together to pass reasonable gun-safety measures,” said Meng. “Senseless gun violence continues to shatter lives all across the country, and those who continue block common-sense legislation should be ashamed of themselves for standing in the way of preventing future tragedies. How much longer will it take until these people get the message? How much longer until they understand that the majority of Americans support background checks?”
Meng is a member of the House Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and her first legislation submitted as a representative was an attempt to close the "fire-sale" loophole.
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