“This is just the beginning.”
executive council, says achieving those policies will be easier now that the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act has passed. “Once we see the effects of how this bill will save lives, I think it will show the public how well gun legislation works.”derailed
past efforts at gun reform by weakening key provisions and House Democrats are eager for more sweeping action. So activists are happy to take this opportunity while it’s on the table. “If we have something that at least everyone agrees on, why not get these things?” Kinnie says.to encourage people to call their representatives to support the bill or to thank those who have already done so.
Now that the federal legislation has passed, activists say they will continue to make gun violence an issue at all levels of government. In 2021, Milkman helped successfully lobby the Philadelphia city council to pass , which he said targeted under-resourced communities. It’s part of “making sure at a local level that our elected officials are responding the best way they can to this gun violence epidemic,” he says.
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