Gun Violence
Within hours of the National Rifle Association (NRA) attacking medical providers, who called for expanded public health research and action to prevent gun violence, America's doctors responded across social media using the hashtag #ThisISOurLane. Many doctors shared haunting and horrific pictures of themselves covered in blood after treating gun violence victims.
Gun violence is a public health crisis, but at the federal level we are neither doing enough to prevent it nor to mitigate its impacts. We have seen the mass shootings that have claimed the lives of shoppers, salon workers, and pedestrians so far this year. However, what causes deeper concern is how prevalent and pervasive gun violence is in the daily lives of our community members.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated Democrats again lambasted Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as they marked a year of Senate inaction since the House passed landmark gun control legislation.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that Democrats have been here before — complaining about McConnell's "legislative graveyard" — but she said Democrats were energized to "accelerate a drumbeat" on calls for McConnell to allow a Senate vote on a House-passed bill to expand background checks for gun purchases.
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Robin Kelly (IL-02) will be joined by Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt as her guest to President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Tuesday, February 7.
WASHINGTON, D.C–With the Gun Violence Archive reporting that guns have killed more than 14,000 Americans so far in 2023, U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), U.S.
As the chorus of medical professionals weighing in on the gun debate grows louder, House Democrats are vowing to push gun legislation and funding for research with their new majority in the next Congress.
To the Editor:
In "Making Background Checks Work" (Op-Ed, Feb. 13), John R. Lott Jr. desperately tries to push one of the gun lobby's favorite narratives: that background checks are bad for public safety.
The main pillar of Mr. Lott's argument is that our underfunded, underresourced and broken background check system prevents "good guys" from getting guns.
It's been a busy week for south suburban U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Matteson, and among the most significant weeks of her six years in Congress.
On Tuesday night, Lori Lightfoot — the top vote-getter in Chicago's mayoral primary — first thanked family, campaign staff and volunteers, then Kelly during her victory speech.
"I want to thank those who had the courage to stand with our campaign against the (Democratic) Machine," Lightfoot said. "Thank you to my friend, Congresswoman Robin Kelly," who had endorsed Lightfoot.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), along with co-sponsors Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (MD-07) and Reps. Patrick Meehan (PA-07), Peter King (NY-02), Robin Kelly (IL-02), and Daniel Donovan (NY-11), reintroduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to make firearms trafficking a federal crime and impose stronger penalties for "straw purchasers" who buy guns for convicted felons and others who are prohibited from buying guns on their own.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal agents trace nearly half a million guns used in crimes each year, often turning up a dangerous link that's putting guns in the hands of criminals. Now, the I-Team is investigating a loophole linking recent high profile shootings: Criminals getting around gun safety laws by exploiting legal sales.
In last month's battlefield in Culiacan, Mexico connected to the arrest of El Chapo's son, the combatants were armed with heavy weaponry of an ongoing cartel arms race. The I-Team has uncovered that that arms race now stretches to Illinois.