reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, also known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.

Gun violence, as we all know, is extremely prevalent in the United States. In fact, almost every modern nation in the world has far lower rates of gun violence than the U.S. For example, gun homicides are seven times higher in the U.S. than in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Other democratic nations with gun safety laws do not experience our levels of gun violence. We need a change, and we need it now. I would like to see the now defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban reinstated.