Newtown Group Urges Vote on Gun Control Bills

NEWTOWN, CT — A local group issued a statement today demanding a vote on 56 gun control bills introduced in the House of Representatives.

The Newtown Action Alliance, a group formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings which fights to reduce gun violence in America, issued a statement requesting a vote on the 56 House Task Force Member gun safety bills. The group is also demanding that House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, all members of Congress and President Donald Trump pledge to refuse donations from the National Rifle Association.

"We have warned all Americans that if a mass shooting can occur in Newtown, Connecticut, then it can happen anywhere in the United States," read the Newtown Action Alliance's statement. "The gun lobby influence on Congress is killing our children in our schools, on our streets and everywhere in America. We demand that House Speaker Paul Ryan reject all money from the gun lobby and immediately call a vote on the 56 gun control measures outlined below. There is absolutely no justification for not passing these common sense policies."

The Newtown Action Alliance is using the occasion of the shooting of 10 people in Santa Fe High School in Texas last week as the touchstone for their call to action:

“On Friday, a gunman used his father’s shotgun and a .38 revolver to kill 10 students and educators and injure others in Santa Fe High School in Texas. We send our love to the Santa Fe community and we encourage Santa Fe community leaders to reach out to us to access our resource folder created to support communities that have experienced similar mass shooting tragedies."

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