Rep. Bonnie Watson ColemanVerified account

...of this House have tried to ignore, a topic that the President took action on this week.

#Gunviolence is one of the greatest challenges this nation faces. Over the past ten years, we’ve lost more than 100,000 people to guns.

Millions more have been victims of assaults, of robberies, and other crimes where a gun was involved...

...and many of the individuals in possession of these weapons shouldn’t have had them in the first place. #StopGunViolence

3 years since Newtown, just over a month since San Bernadino and Colorado Springs...

...and w the dark memories of shootings of every scale and in every city hovering over us constantly, it’s time for change. #StopGunViolence

#Gunviolence in the US runs the gambit motivations, from mental illness...

...to religious extremism, to political extremism, to disastrous accidents. But they all involve a firearm. #StopGunViolence