Gun Reform

~ A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed ~

The Second Amendment protects the individual right to bear arms. I support this individual right for responsible and law abiding American citizens.

It also enshrines ‘well regulated’ as ‘..being necessary to the security of a free state..’

As a strong believer in the Constitution, I pledge to protect the right to bear arms and ensure that necessary and responsible regulation is also protected.

As someone who has lost a loved one to gun violence, I am not willing to accept the idea that the Second Amendment holds us powerless to prevent nearly 40,000 deaths and nearly 100,000 injuries from firearms each year in the United States. The answer is not found in arbitrary bans but in promoting responsible firearm ownership.

An overwhelming majority of Americans agree that we need universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. We have to close loopholes.

I will do more to prevent ownership of firearms by those who have battered their partner or spouse. While many states, including Virginia, have laws against firearm ownership by a spouse batterer, there are few requirements to actually check up on whether someone has actually surrendered their arms. The same issue exists at the federal level.