New Hampshire Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee for Advancing Gun Safety Legislation
5.14.2019
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5.14.2019
CONCORD, N.H. – The New Hampshire chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, applauded the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee for advancing legislation to prevent gun violence. The legislation passed by the committee, which now heads to the Senate for a floor vote, includes:
“Today’s vote is a victory for public safety,” said Deidre Reynolds, a volunteer with the New Hampshire chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “This is the farthest this gun safety legislation has advanced in the legislature, and it puts us one step closer to seeing these common-sense bills become law.”
Twenty-one states require background checks on all handgun sales, but New Hampshire does not. Everytown recently conducted polling that demonstrated widespread support for gun safety legislation among adults in New Hampshire:
Did you know?
Every day, more than 120 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, Underlying Cause of Death, 2018–2022; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
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