A last minute press conference called by NJ Governor Phil Murphy, with State of New Jersey Attorney Generals Office AG Gurbir Grewal to announce a new push on gun violence prevention legislation following the Pittsburgh massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue. Pleased to be in the company of longtime GVP activist, Kathy Allen Roth, UU FaithAction GVP Task Force and Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Summit member.
We’ll say it again: these mass shootings–not to mention the everyday victims of gun violence (suicide and accidental injury/death being far more prevalent than mass shootings in the US) will only get better when FEDERAL LAWS CHANGE. 82% of all the firearms involved in gun-related violence in NJ are purchased outside the state, often in states with far laxer purchasing rules.
The UK and Australia brought gun related deaths down DRAMATICALLY after instituting common sense gun and ammo laws. Not mental health coverage (though that would be nice too) but laws aimed at limiting the widespread use and abuse of semiautomatic weapons and handguns. We could do this too if we decide to.