Squirrel Hill Stands Hosts: The Challenge of Passing Gun Safety Legislation

Thanks to all who came out to join us on Wednesday. We hosted State Representative Arvind Venkat and Moms Demand Action state legislative lead, Hadley Haas for a program focusing on the Common Agenda to end gun violence. These four extremely important bills have made it through the state house Judiciary Committee and second passage (where amendments are added) and will be up for FINAL PASSAGE in the state house at the end of the month. The bills are:

HB 338 - Mandatory reporting of lost & stolen guns

HB 714 - Universal background checks for all firearms purchases

HB 731 - Safe storage of firearms

HB 1018 - Establishing extreme risk protection orders (red flag laws)

We rolled out our action plan for moving these bills forward. To participate by calling your legislator or phone banking to constituents of on the fence legislators, click here. To help by writing a letter to the editor, click here.

You can also help out by sharing the media coverage from the event. See below. And keep scrolling down for event photos.

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Squirrel Hill group pushing for stricter gun laws meets with State Representative By Pete DeLuca, WPXI-TV May 10, 2023 at 11:16 pm EDT

State Rep. Arvind Venkat, left, and Policy Director Dana Kellerman of Squirrel Hill Stands Against Gun Violence address an audience at the anti-gun-violence group's event at Congregation Rodef Shalom in Squirrel Hill North on May 10, 2023. The slide show reflected the proximity in time of the trial of the accused shooter in a 2018 massacre that killed 11 worshipers of other Squirrel Hill congregations. (Photo by Matt Petras/PublicSource)

The Challenges of Passing Gun Safety Legislation w/ Rep. Arvind Venkat May 10, 2023