Gun Violence Prevention
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) voted against H.R. 2189, a bill that was supposed to ensure law enforcement could access nonlethal tools, like tasers, but included a loophole that could allow domestic abusers to access devices that can be transformed into functioning firearms.
Hartford, CT – Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $500,000 in new federal funding for Mothers United Against Violence’s Victim Impact Project, to continue their efforts to prevent gun violence and support survivors in the Greater Hartford area.
Mark Barden remembers the last days he spent with his seven-year-old son, Daniel in December of 2012.
“We were decorating the tree and I had to run to the hardware store for something, and he peeled off from Jackie and his siblings to come with me to the hardware store rather than pick out treats, because he didn't want me to be alone,” Barden said.
Days later, his son would be one of the 26 students and educators killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement as more details come out in the hours since the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement in response to the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Washington, DC – Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Congressman John Larson (CT-01) to introduce the ‘Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act,’ which would ban the use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) financing for the purchase of assault weapons and the ghost gun kits that are used to build them.
Nineteen Democratic lawmakers proposed a ban on buy-now, pay-later loans to finance semiautomatic weapons that would include levying hefty fines on companies that enable the transactions and dealers that accept them.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) introduced the Assault Weapons Financing Accountability Act to ban use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) for purchasing assault weapons and ghost gun kits that could be used to build them. Banning use of instant financing like BNPL options for assault weapons and the ghost gun kits is a step toward reducing the instant accessibility of these weapons and preventing the tragedies of gun violence before they occur.
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., second from left, as he arrives at Bradley International
Airport in Windsor Locks on Friday. Gov. Ned Lamont looks on at left.
West Hartford, CT — When he introduced President Joe Biden at a national gun reform summit at the University of Hartford on Friday, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said they legislation they had come to celebrate “would not have happened without Joe Biden.”
“He told me, ‘I care about this issue so deeply in my bones, the safety of our kids. I’m willing to take any chance, no matter how remote, to get something done,’” Murphy said. “We have a president who eats, sleeps and breathes the fight to end this epidemic, our president, President Joe Biden.”