SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) will be joined by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and others in recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day as well as to discuss legislative efforts by Assembly Democrats to curb gun violence in California.
National Gun Violence Awareness Day started in 2015 on what would have been the 18th birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, a high school student from Chicago who was shot and killed in 2013 just one week after performing at President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: State Capitol, Room 317
WHO: Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assemblymembers Mike A. Gipson
Rob Bonta, David Chiu, Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Marc Levine, Miguel Santiago and Phil Ting
Amanda Wilcox, Legislation & Policy Chair, California Chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
WHAT: House Resolution 52 (Rendon & Gipson) to mark National Gun Violence
Awareness Day
AB 1663 (Chiu), strengthens California’s assault weapons ban
AB 1664 (Levine), removes “bullet buttons” loophole in assault weapons ban
AB 1673 (Gipson), closes loophole allowing for sale of “ghost guns”
AB 1674 (Santiago), gun purchase limitations
AB 1695 (Bonta), stops illegal “straw” firearm purchases
AB 2607 (Ting), allows employers, coworkers, teachers, and a mental health workers to seek restraining orders that temporarily prevent dangerous people from owning or possessing firearms.