House minority leader Nancy Pelosi is promising swift action on gun legislation when Democrats retake the majority in the House next Congress.
“The new Democratic majority will act boldly and decisively to pass commonsense, life-saving background checks that are overwhelmingly supported by the American people,” the incoming speaker of the House said in a statement.
Democrats plan to move forward immediately with legislation to require federal background checks for all gun purchases, including private ones.
“Since that unspeakable tragedy, too many families in too many places have been impacted by the deadly epidemic of gun violence,” Pelosi said Friday on the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting. “Yet, at every opportunity Republicans refuse to lift a finger to stop the bloodshed. Enough is enough.”
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