ENDORSED
BY GIFFORDS
State Representative Maxine Dexter knows a public health crisis when she sees one. As a physician, she knows that we are failing our children by allowing gun violence to be the number one killer of kids in America, and like so many in this movement, she is saying enough is enough.
As a state legislator, Representative Dexter knows how to get things done on some of the hardest issues facing our country. In Salem, she’s been an effective advocate for lifesaving measures to protect our children, families, teachers and neighbors from gun violence. She’s fought to pass bans on non-serialized and undetectable ghost guns that are used by gun traffickers and those who are barred from obtaining firearms, worked to pass meaningful safe storage legislation which requires gun owners to secure weapons when not in use, and secured $47 million in investments for gun violence prevention. While these measures have proven to be effective in Oregon, Representative Dexter knows they won’t be enough to keep her constituents fully safe until the federal government takes action. If elected to Congress, she’s committed to expanding background checks to all gun sales nationwide, closing the Charleston Loophole to make sure officials have time to complete these background checks, and implementing nationwide red flag laws to prevent those who pose a risk to themselves or others from obtaining a weapon. Representative Dexter will also champion policies to disarm domestic abusers, reauthorize a federal assault weapons ban, and invest in community funds to support local violence intervention programs to support those at the highest risk of gun violence.
In Representative Maxine Dexter, Oregonians have the chance to send one of the most committed gun safety champions to Washington DC to advocate on their behalf. In a new gun safety majority, she’ll lead the way to tackle the most pressing public health crisis facing American families head on—but only if voters mobilize to elect her and get the job done.
As a state legislator, Representative Dexter knows how to get things done on some of the hardest issues facing our country. In Salem, she’s been an effective advocate for lifesaving measures to protect our children, families, teachers and neighbors from gun violence. She’s fought to pass bans on non-serialized and undetectable ghost guns that are used by gun traffickers and those who are barred from obtaining firearms, worked to pass meaningful safe storage legislation which requires gun owners to secure weapons when not in use, and secured $47 million in investments for gun violence prevention. While these measures have proven to be effective in Oregon, Representative Dexter knows they won’t be enough to keep her constituents fully safe until the federal government takes action. If elected to Congress, she’s committed to expanding background checks to all gun sales nationwide, closing the Charleston Loophole to make sure officials have time to complete these background checks, and implementing nationwide red flag laws to prevent those who pose a risk to themselves or others from obtaining a weapon. Representative Dexter will also champion policies to disarm domestic abusers, reauthorize a federal assault weapons ban, and invest in community funds to support local violence intervention programs to support those at the highest risk of gun violence.
In Representative Maxine Dexter, Oregonians have the chance to send one of the most committed gun safety champions to Washington DC to advocate on their behalf. In a new gun safety majority, she’ll lead the way to tackle the most pressing public health crisis facing American families head on—but only if voters mobilize to elect her and get the job done.
We are proud to endorse Maxine Dexter for the US House of Representatives.
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