This distinction once again recognizes Lizzie’s efforts in Congress advocating for stronger gun-safety policies and preventing gun violence in our communities.
Just last week, Lizzie asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for clear guidance on illegal machine gun conversion devices known as auto sears, weapons that can fire at a rate of up to 1,200 bullets per minute, making shootings even more dangerous and deadly. At the beginning of the year, a gunman shot three Houston police officers using an auto sear that converted the shooter’s semiautomatic pistol into an automatic weapon. The number of auto sears seized by law enforcement quintupled between 2020 and 2021.
Lizzie’s leadership builds on the Biden Administration’s efforts to address the gun violence epidemic in our country. Earlier this month, President Biden issued six executive orders to stop the sale of ghost guns and regulate another type of gun conversion device called stabilizing braces. President Biden’s orders will also encourage red flag laws that keep guns out of dangerous people’s hands, strengthen studies on gun trafficking, and increase investments in community violence intervention programs.
With the vast majority of Americans supporting common-sense gun-safety legislation, the time for action on gun violence is now.
