Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., and Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, co-chairs of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, today released the following joint statement on President Biden’s historic executive actions to eliminate ghost guns and reduce gun violence and gun trafficking:
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“Together, as fellow Americans, we’ve got to do better than this. On the heels of the carnage in Atlanta last week, this morning we learned the names of the ten victims of yesterday’s massacre in Boulder—Tralona Bartkowiak, Suzanne Fountain, Teri Leiker, Kevin Mahoney, Lynn Murray, Rikki Olds, Neven Stanisic, Denny Strong, Jody Waters and veteran police officer Eric Talley, a father of seven who was killed as he tried to protect innocent shoppers and store employees.
Amidst a surge in shootings in urban centers across the nation and a pandemic-fueled increase in suicides and gun sales – and nearly a month after the violence at the nation’s Capitol – Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV), the non-partisan coalition of 46 prosecutors serving over 60 million people in 24 states, submitted comprehensive recommendations … Continue reading Forty-Six Prosecutors Across America Urge President Biden and Vice President Harris to Take Action on Gun Violence
PAGV Letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris 1.25.21Download
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