Gun Violence Prevention
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.”
Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $500,000 in new federal funding for Mothers United Against Violence’s Victim Impact Project to support victims of violent crimes in the Greater Hartford area as they work with their local police departments.
U.S. Rep. John. B. Larson said he simply wants all lawmakers to see the heartache and what parents who lose children to gun violence “are living through on a daily basis.”
Larson,.D-1st District, spoke outside the House Triangle in Washington D.C., as Mothers United Against Violence of Hartford joined the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, elected officials and advocates in calling for action on gun violence prevention legislation.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a gunwoman shot and killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy, and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), alongside a group of 186 Members of Congress in reintroducing Ethan’s Law, legislation requiring gun owners to safely and securely store their firearms.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the 10th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after a gunman killed five people and injured 25 at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs: