NJ7 Congressional Candidates On Gun Safety
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The following is a collection of public statements and voting records on gun safety by each of the major candidates for NJ's 7th Congressional District. Please refer to candidate websites and social media accounts for additional information and to interact with candidates.
Lindsay Brown
Peter Jacob
Goutam Jois
Leonard Lance
Tom Malinowski
Has gun safety position on website
No
Yes
No
Hidden
Yes
Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Supported by NRA
No
No
No
Yes
No
Attended student-organized town-hall on gun safety
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
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On Gun Legislation, Congressman Lance Shoots From the Hip
Congressman Lance, let’s think big and bold on gun legislation. The “Fix NICS” legislation that you championed is like regrouting the dike while ignoring the breach. The STOP School Violence Act that you voted for is just a reauthorization of a Justice Department program focused on stopping school threats.
No. “Big and bold” means calling for the only two changes that really matter. Universal background checks, and a ban on military style assault weapons.
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The Catastrophe of Guns in Schools
GUN CONTROL/EDUCATION: The Catastrophe of Guns in Schools
H.G. Wells once said, “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” But I doubt that H.G. Wells could have conceived of the uniquely American catastrophe involving mass shootings in schools, and our response to them.
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Improve Gun Safety and Reduce Gun Violence
“Now is Not the Time . . . .”
I’m a scientist. Science is by far the best way the human species has discovered to understand the natural world, and our place within it. So why am I not jumping with joy over Congressman Lance’s new-found respect for the scientific process, by calling for a lifting of the ban on federal research on gun violence?
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No More Thoughts and Prayers
No more thoughts and prayers.
Another period of mourning for the victims of another horrific mass shooting, schoolchildren on the threshold of life.
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