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As the world begins to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. will have to continue to deal with its own epidemic: gun violence.  Americans’ lives are starting to revert back to normal and that includes the common occurrence of mass shootings. Only three months into 2021, there have been 119 mass shootings, resulting in over 10,000 gun violence-related deaths, according to the Gun Violence Archive. According to the Congressional Research Service, mass shootings are defined as multiple firearm homicide incidents, involving four or more victims at one or more close locations. As rest...

Reply March 16, 2021 Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) voted to pass two landmark bipartisan gun violence prevention bills that would close dangerous loopholes in our nation's background check system. Subscribe "These are smart, commonsense bills that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and help make communities here in the Hudson Valley – and across America – safer places to live," said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. "With over 90 percent of the American public supporting universal background checks, these bills are a no-brainer. They are long overdue fixes to a bro...

Maloney Helps Pass Bipartisan Gun Safety Measures Written by Office of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Today,  Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) voted to pass two landmark bipartisan gun violence prevention bills that would close dangerous loopholes in our nation’s background check system. “These are smart, commonsense bills that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people and help make communities here in the Hudson Valley – and across America – safer places to live,” said  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. “With over 90 percent of the American public supportin...

Demand PUSHBACK against Biden’s Nominees! Do you remember when Joe Biden campaigned for president on the promise that he would de-politicize the Justice Department? And that he would “follow the science” with respect to his policies at the Department of Health and Human Services? Guess what? Biden has nominated gun-hating Merrick Garland to be the next Attorney General. And he is pushing political hack (and non-doctor) Xavier Becerra to head the department responsible for fighting COVID. Will a Failed SCOTUS Nominee Rule the Department of Justice? You may remember Merrick Garl...

Tempe police responded to a 911 call on Jan. 15, 2019, about a suspected burglary in an alley. Officer Joseph Jaen arrived to find Antonio Arce, sitting in a truck with a handgun. Jaen called to Arce, 14, who turned and ran. “Let me see your hands!” Jaen yelled, but Arce continued running, and Jaen shot and killed him. In body camera footage taken minutes after the shots, Jaen can be heard saying “It’s a (expletive deleted) toy gun.” It was, indeed, an airsoft replica of a Colt 1911 pistol, with its orange tip still intact. “That’s supposed...