Families of victims in Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, survivors to testify in Congress

standing there in that small town, like so many other communities across America, I couldn't help but think there are too many other schools. Too many other everyday places that have become killing fields battlefields here in America After columbine After Sandy Hook after charleston, after Orlando. After las Vegas. After Parkland. Nothing has been done this time. That can't be true this time we must actually do something. The issue we face is one of conscience and common sense. Over the last two decades, more school age Children have died from guns than on duty police officers and active duty military combined. Think about that. More kids an on duty cops killed by guns. More kids than soldiers killed by guns. For God's sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept how many more innocent american lives? It must be taken before we say enough enough. I know that we can't prevent every tragedy. But here's what I believe we have to do. Here's what the overwhelming majority american people believe we must do. Here's what the families in buffalo and you've Aldi in texas told us we must do. We need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines And if we can't ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21, strengthen the background checks and act safe storage law and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. Address the mental health crisis, deepening the trauma of gun violence and as *** consequence of that violence, these are rational common sense measures enough enough

Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week in an effort to bring home the devastation of America's gun violence epidemic.Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, said Friday the hearing will examine the human impact of gun violence and the urgency for lawmakers to enact gun control legislation."It is my hope that all my colleagues will listen with an open heart as gun violence survivors and loved ones recount one of the darkest days of their lives," Maloney said in a statement. "This hearing is ultimately about saving lives, and I hope it will galvanize my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation to do just that."Video above: President Biden urges gun action to end the 'killing fields'The panel for Wednesday's hearing will include testimony from the mother of a 20-year-old man who was shot in a racist mass shooting last month in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, as well as the parents of a 10-year-old girl shot and killed in her elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 12 days later.The panel will also hear from Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate's blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage in Uvalde. The committee said the testimonies will take place either in person or virtually.The announcement of the hearing comes days after the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into five leading manufacturers of the semi-automatic weapons used in both recent shootings. The committee, controlled by a Democratic majority, is no stranger to examining gun violence in America. But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.It also comes a day after President Joe Biden issued his strongest appeal yet for Congress to take action on guns as bipartisan talks are intensifying among a core group of senators.The private discussions in the Senate, which is split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, are not expected to produce the kinds of sweeping reforms being considered by the Democratic-led House 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which has approved expansive background checks legislation and will next turn to an assault weapons ban.A House package debated Thursday 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and approved by a committee, 25-19 바카라 게임 웹사이트� is less sweeping but includes a provision raising the required age for buying semi-automatic firearms to 21. It still faces slim chances in the Senate. Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON (AP) —

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, said Friday the hearing will examine the human impact of gun violence and the urgency for lawmakers to enact gun control legislation.

"It is my hope that all my colleagues will listen with an open heart as gun violence survivors and loved ones recount one of the darkest days of their lives," Maloney said in a statement. "This hearing is ultimately about saving lives, and I hope it will galvanize my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation to do just that."

Video above: President Biden urges gun action to end the 'killing fields'

The panel for Wednesday's hearing will include testimony from the mother of a 20-year-old man who was shot in a racist mass shooting last month in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, as well as the parents of a 10-year-old girl shot and killed in her elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 12 days later.

The panel will also hear from Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate's blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage in Uvalde. The committee said the testimonies will take place either in person or virtually.

The announcement of the hearing comes days after the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into five leading manufacturers of the semi-automatic weapons used in both recent shootings. The committee, controlled by a Democratic majority, is no stranger to examining gun violence in America. But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.

It also comes a day after President Joe Biden issued his strongest appeal yet for Congress to take action on guns as bipartisan talks are intensifying among a core group of senators.

The private discussions in the Senate, which is split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, are not expected to produce the kinds of sweeping reforms being considered by the Democratic-led House 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which has approved expansive background checks legislation and will next turn to an assault weapons ban.

A House package debated Thursday 바카라 게임 웹사이트� and approved by a committee, 25-19 바카라 게임 웹사이트� is less sweeping but includes a provision raising the required age for buying semi-automatic firearms to 21. It still faces slim chances in the Senate.

Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.

Families of victims in Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, survivors to testify in Congress

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