ENDORSED
BY GIFFORDS
Representative Jill Tokuda has a record of putting families first and always acting in the best interest of her community. Prior to coming to Congress, she led efforts in her state to institute strong gun laws—which in turn have led Hawaii to have some of the lowest levels of statewide gun violence in the nation. Like so many in this movement, Representative Tokuda’s heart breaks every time she hears of yet another mass shooting, and in Washington DC, she’s been tireless in trying to stop the devastating impacts of gun violence from tearing apart any more families throughout the United States.
During her 12 years in the Hawaii State Senate, Representative Tokuda repeatedly voted in support of measures that strengthened firearm permit laws and prohibited the possession, manufacturing, sale, transfer, and importation of bump stocks and multi-burst trigger activators. She also worked to pass a law requiring the immediate surrender of firearms and ammunition if a person has been disqualified from gun possession because they may pose a danger to themselves or others.
In Congress, she’s continued to push for similar reforms at the federal level in an attempt to ensure that every child in Hawaii can grow up in a world free of gun violence. As a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, she’s cosponsored every major gun violence prevention bill that’s been introduced and signed onto discharge petitions to attempt to break cycles of Republican inaction and force votes on lifesaving measures like universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. In her first term, Representative Tokuda also introduced the Restoring Trust in Public Safety Act, which would give law enforcement agencies the resources to destroy 100% of firearms that are seized, surrendered, or retired, as she knows that law enforcement shouldn’t have to rely on gun disposal companies that have profited from the further proliferation of ghost guns in our communities.
With so much on the line this November, it is more important than ever that we rebuild our majority in the House by reelecting gun safety champions like Representative Jill Tokuda for another term. We know that she has the courage to act to end the senseless tragedies filling the headlines, and the people of Hawaii deserve a legislator like her continuing to fight on their behalf.
During her 12 years in the Hawaii State Senate, Representative Tokuda repeatedly voted in support of measures that strengthened firearm permit laws and prohibited the possession, manufacturing, sale, transfer, and importation of bump stocks and multi-burst trigger activators. She also worked to pass a law requiring the immediate surrender of firearms and ammunition if a person has been disqualified from gun possession because they may pose a danger to themselves or others.
In Congress, she’s continued to push for similar reforms at the federal level in an attempt to ensure that every child in Hawaii can grow up in a world free of gun violence. As a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, she’s cosponsored every major gun violence prevention bill that’s been introduced and signed onto discharge petitions to attempt to break cycles of Republican inaction and force votes on lifesaving measures like universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. In her first term, Representative Tokuda also introduced the Restoring Trust in Public Safety Act, which would give law enforcement agencies the resources to destroy 100% of firearms that are seized, surrendered, or retired, as she knows that law enforcement shouldn’t have to rely on gun disposal companies that have profited from the further proliferation of ghost guns in our communities.
With so much on the line this November, it is more important than ever that we rebuild our majority in the House by reelecting gun safety champions like Representative Jill Tokuda for another term. We know that she has the courage to act to end the senseless tragedies filling the headlines, and the people of Hawaii deserve a legislator like her continuing to fight on their behalf.
We are proud to endorse Jill Tokuda for the US House of Representatives.
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