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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 25, 2017
Establishes the House Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to investigate and report on:
the causes of mass shootings,
methods to improve the federal firearms purchaser background check system,
connections between access to firearms and dangerously mentally ill individuals,
strengthening federal penalties for trafficking and straw purchasing of firearms,
closing loopholes that allow some domestic abusers continued access to firearms,
linkages between firearms and suicide,
gun violence's effect on public health,
the correlation between state gun violence prevention laws and the incidence of gun violence,
the importance of having reliable and accurate information on gun violence and its toll on our nation,
the implementation of effective gun violence prevention laws in accordance with the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and
rates of gun violence in large metropolitan areas.
People & committees
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · D–CA
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