Everytown Applauds Rep. Morelle for Introducing Legislation Requiring Gun Dealers to Increase Security, Prevent Gun Theft
5.13.2019
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5.13.2019
WASHINGTON – Today, Everytown applauded Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25) for introducing the Gun Theft Prevention Act, legislation that would require gun stores to use security requirements such as locked cabinets,video surveillance, site hardening and other necessary access controls, while authorizing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to hire an additional 650 employees to conduct gun dealer inspections and enforce the law.
“Too many gun sellers are failing to take common-sense precautions to keep thieves from stealing their potentially deadly merchandise,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown. “We applaud Representative Morelle for introducing legislation to ensure that gun dealers fulfill their most basic responsibility: keeping guns out of criminal hands.”
In addition to requiring increased security at gun stores and giving ATF more tools for enforcement, the legislation would:
Did you know?
Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
Last updated: 11.8.2024
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