Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.

H. Res. 555 · 116th Congress · Sep 12, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

affirms that reducing access to a firearm for individuals with a history of violence against women, including stalking and threats of violence, is critical to reducing the fatality of intimate partner violence in the United States;

(2)

acknowledges that current law falls short in protecting women who are victims of intimate partner violence from unnecessary risk of firearm violence because an abuser can exploit legal loopholes to access a firearm;

(3)

recognizes that perpetrators of firearm violence often have a history of violence against women and that a successful firearm violence prevention strategy must meaningfully address this connection;

(4)

acknowledges the need for legislation to better prevent individuals with a history of violence against women from purchasing or possessing a firearm;

(5)

supports further research into the relationships among misogyny, violence against women, and firearm violence; and

(6)

calls on the Senate to immediately consider H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.

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Sep 12, 2019viewing Introduced in House Ms. Speier (for herself, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Moore, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Meng, Ms. Haaland, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Dean, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Hill of California, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. McGovern, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Porter, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, and Ms. Wexton) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relationships between firearm violence, misogyny, and violence against women and reaffirming the importance of preventing individuals with a history of violence against women from accessing a firearm.

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