FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: – JUNE 14, 2024 [email protected]
REACTION BY NATIONALLY PROMINENT LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP GROUP TO SUPREME COURT BUMP STOCKS RULING: No Place for Bump Stocks in Ordinary American Life – Long Overdue Congressional Action Needed
Statement by Chair of Police Leaders for Community Safety, Sue Riseling:
“Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court striking down the ban on bump stocks, put in place by former President Donald J. Trump’s administration, is a blow to public safety and highlights the vulnerability of executive action.
“We need Congress to take long overdue action to ban bump stocks and Police Leaders for Community Safety is calling on Congress to immediately act to pass legislation banning bump stocks.” said retired Chief Sue Riseling, Chair of Police Leaders for Community Safety.
“The carnage in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017, where over 1,000 rounds were fired by one individual, killing 60 and wounding over 400 people, illustrates the devastation brought by the use of bump stocks.
“Bump stocks are not used by hunters nor are they needed for personal protection. There is no place for them in ordinary American life, and they make Americans less safe from mass shootings. These devices sidestep important Federal regulations that govern machine guns and should not be sold or possessed by the public.”
Police Leaders for Community Safety is a nonpartisan national advocacy organization (501(c)4) established by prominent law enforcement leaders to promote policies and public investments that make our communities safer, improve the policing profession, protect public processes, and preserve human dignity.
Here is a Link to the launch of Police Leaders for Community Safety from Tuesday, June 11th, 2024.
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