'We can tell our children, our families, and our survivors we made a monumental step to make sure these lives lost were not lost in vain,' said a local mother.
The legislation will toughen background checks for the youngest gun buyers, keep firearms from more domestic violence offenders and help states put in place red flag laws.
Christina Delgado, the mother of a local student, Rhonda Hart, who lost her daughter in the 2018 shooting, and Flo Rice, who was injured, were at the White House.Delgado has been working with the families of victims and injured survivors from the May 18, 2018 shooting. She said she knew she had to act when her daughter, who was in 7th grade at the time, asked her how she was going to be safe going to school.
"Today is many things. It's proof that despite the nay-sayers we can make meaningful progress on dealing with gun violence," Biden said on Monday."This legislation is real progress but more has to be done. The provision of this new legislation is going to save lives and it's proof that in today's politics we can come together on a bipartisan basis to get important things done even on an issue as tough as guns.
"Unfortunately with what happened on July 4th, and that horrific shooting it really took the wind out of our sails. And it just reinforced that sadly this is not enough. This is just not enough, and we were at this bipartisan meeting, and the fact that they came together, and made changes together is phenomenal. But, it's not enough to save lives," Rice said.
But it doesn't go as far as many wanted, including Biden, lacking measures such as universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. The president's call for more congressional action comes as the Senate returns from its July 4th recess Monday. Notably, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will not be at Biden's event, as he is isolated with COVID-19.
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