Today, after the second mass shooting in a week saw a gunman take 10 lives in a Boulder, Colorado grocery store – just six days after a gunman killed 8, many of them Asian-American women, in an attack on Atlanta spas – State Senator Norm Needleman (D-Essex) called for action. In 2019, there were 417 mass shootings, including 31 mass murders, across the United States. Facing such dire statistics, Sen. Needleman said federal legislators must act in the interests of the American people.
“In just the last week, 18 people have died in these two mass shooting incidents – and that’s on top of firearm deaths that continue to occur every day,” said Sen. Needleman. “Our federal government must do something about this problem, or it will continue to fester like an untreated wound, more innocent people caught in the crossfire in our schools, our houses of worship, our entertainment venues, our restaurants and the stores we visit every day. The time is far past for universal background checks to be adopted. Waiting periods to acquire firearms can save lives. As we saw in Georgia, tragically, a man can purchase a firearm immediately before using it to harm others. That’s not a world we should accept, and we shouldn’t have to. Our federal leaders have waited long enough and dragged their feet on this issue. Every day they continue to delay puts more men, women and children at risk.”Today, after the second mass shooting in a week saw a gunman take 10 lives in a Boulder, Colorado grocery store – just six days after a gunman killed 8, many of them Asian-American women, in an attack on Atlanta spas – State Senator Norm Needleman (D-Essex) called for action. In 2019, there were 417 mass shootings, including 31 mass murders, across the United States. Facing such dire statistics, Sen. Needleman said federal legislators must act in the interests of the American people.
“In just the last week, 18 people have died in these two mass shooting incidents – and that’s on top of firearm deaths that continue to occur every day,” said Sen. Needleman. “Our federal government must do something about this problem, or it will continue to fester like an untreated wound, more innocent people caught in the crossfire in our schools, our houses of worship, our entertainment venues, our restaurants and the stores we visit every day. The time is far past for universal background checks to be adopted. Waiting periods to acquire firearms can save lives. As we saw in Georgia, tragically, a man can purchase a firearm immediately before using it to harm others. That’s not a world we should accept, and we shouldn’t have to. Our federal leaders have waited long enough and dragged their feet on this issue. Every day they continue to delay puts more men, women and children at risk.”