With Gun Sales & Domestic Violence Surging Amid Pandemic, Blumenthal, Himes, Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Close Dangerous Loophole to Protect Domestic Abuse Survivors
August 07, 2020
August 07, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 6:
As gun sales spike and reports of domestic violence increase across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) led their Congressional colleagues in introducing strongly-supported bicameral legislation to protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence. The Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor . . .
As gun sales spike and reports of domestic violence increase across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) led their Congressional colleagues in introducing strongly-supported bicameral legislation to protect domestic violence survivors from gun violence. The Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor . . .