Congresswoman Lucy McBath was first called to advocacy after her son Jordan Davis was murdered in what became known as the “Loud Music Shooting” in 2012. After the loss of her son, Congresswoman McBath began demanding more from our politicians, and she decided that if they would not stand up, someone had to. So, she decided to run for Congress, and now serves as Vice Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. One of her first actions as a new Congresswoman was co-sponsoring H.R 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives that February.
Since then, McBath has been instrumental in passing Red Flag laws as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act so that loved ones and law enforcement have more tools to get guns out of the hands of those who may pose a threat to themselves or others. And, for the first time in over two decades, McBath helped procure funding to study gun violence as a public health epidemic.
More on Gun Violence Prevention
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1/7/21 | McBath on the Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election |
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12/21/20 | McBath Votes to Pass COVID-19 Relief and Government Funding Package |
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11/30/20 | McBath Statement on the Murder of Aidan Ellison |
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8/14/20 | McBath-Championed Bipartisan Legislation to Study Social Status of Black Men and Boys Signed Into Law |
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5/4/20 | McBath, Cline Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Ease Federal Funding Challenges for Organizations Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence |
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3/25/20 | McBath Joins March for Our Lives for “Our Power” Digital Hub Launch, Addresses Students on Second Anniversary of Gun Violence Prevention March |
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12/16/19 | McBath Secures $25 Million for Gun Violence Prevention Research, Applauds First Funding Allocation in Two Decades |
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11/14/19 | McBath, Moore, Cole, and Katko Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Domestic Violence |