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BY GIFFORDS
For Representative Salud Carbajal, preventing gun violence is a deeply personal issue. As a child, Representative Carbajal’s sister used their father’s gun to take her own life, and in 2014, a gunman rocked his community by taking the lives of six individuals and injuring 14 others near the campus of UC Santa Barbara. Both events continue to shape Representative Carbajal’s legislative agenda today, and the largely avoidable nature of both inspired him to do everything possible to keep guns away from those exhibiting signs of instability.
In Congress, Representative Carbajal has made good on this mission by introducing the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. This would create federal grants to help incentivize states to implement extreme risk protection order laws, which give family members and law enforcement officials the ability to petition courts to remove firearms from those who pose a danger to themselves or others. While he knows there is no single solution to end the gun violence epidemic in America completely, Representative Carbajal believes there is no reason not to try and prevent some of these horrific attacks with commonsense reforms. Throughout his tenure in the House, Representative Carbajal has also helped to pass commonsense legislation like the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Enhanced Background Checks Act, which would help close deadly loopholes in our law that allow criminals to access weapons, and he has cosponsored legislation to get firearms out of the hands of individuals who have a history of hate-related violence and to reform harmful policing practices.
Having legislators that can speak to the human toll of gun violence from a personal place is powerful, and we must work to reelect Representative Salud Carbajal this fall. With him in office, Californians can count on their representative to always prioritize public safety, and we know he will not stop working to find solutions until every child can live in a world free from gun violence.
In Congress, Representative Carbajal has made good on this mission by introducing the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. This would create federal grants to help incentivize states to implement extreme risk protection order laws, which give family members and law enforcement officials the ability to petition courts to remove firearms from those who pose a danger to themselves or others. While he knows there is no single solution to end the gun violence epidemic in America completely, Representative Carbajal believes there is no reason not to try and prevent some of these horrific attacks with commonsense reforms. Throughout his tenure in the House, Representative Carbajal has also helped to pass commonsense legislation like the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Enhanced Background Checks Act, which would help close deadly loopholes in our law that allow criminals to access weapons, and he has cosponsored legislation to get firearms out of the hands of individuals who have a history of hate-related violence and to reform harmful policing practices.
Having legislators that can speak to the human toll of gun violence from a personal place is powerful, and we must work to reelect Representative Salud Carbajal this fall. With him in office, Californians can count on their representative to always prioritize public safety, and we know he will not stop working to find solutions until every child can live in a world free from gun violence.
We are proud to endorse Salud Carbajal for the US House of Representatives.
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