For more than a decade, the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force has been led by the same chairman. But some lawmakers and gun control activists say a more aggressive approach — and new leadership — is needed.
Both serve in the group's leadership and are open to serving as chair but neither is actively campaigning for the job.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images file
In 2012, Democrats saw Thompson, a fiscally conservative member of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition, as someone who could work across the aisle on gun issues without alienating the swing voters that vulnerable Democrats need to appeal to. But activists now say the politics around guns has shifted, and reform advocates like McBath are running in — and winning — competitive races.
“I can understand where people might be frustrated. Believe me, if new leadership would get us gun violence prevention legislation, I would have been lobbying for new leadership a long time ago,” Thompson said. “I’m always interested in hearing ideas. And any of those ideas that get us to 218 [votes] in the House, I think would be wonderful.”
There are signs that Thompson, who is in his 13th term, has been responding to the calls to get tougher. Pushed by McBath, Kelly and other members, the task force this month — National Gun Violence Awareness Month — devised a strategy to launch three discharge petitions to amp up pressure on Republicans to support gun legislation.
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