{"id":6594,"date":"2022-05-25T13:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/bayer\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:56:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:56:42","slug":"michigan-firearm-safety-and-violence-prevention-caucus-on-uvalde-elementary-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/bayer\/2022\/05\/25\/michigan-firearm-safety-and-violence-prevention-caucus-on-uvalde-elementary-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Caucus on Uvalde Elementary School Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/bayer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/MDS_220525_MGL5650-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6599\" width=\"437\" height=\"291\" \/><figcaption>Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills) speaks with reporters after Senate session on Wednesday, May 25 about the tragedy in Uvalde, TX, and the need for action on commonsense gun reform. Senate Republicans refused to allow a vote on Senate Bills 550 and 553, which address safe firearm storage, and instead sent the bills back to committee, where they have not been acted upon.<br \/><br \/><em>Photo: Shannon Schultz, Michigan Senate Democrats.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LANSING, Mich. (May 25, 2022) \u2014 Michigan\u2019s legislative Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Caucus, chaired by Sen.\u00a0<strong>Rosemary Bayer<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Beverly Hills) and Rep.\u00a0<strong>Brenda Carter<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Pontiac), has issued the following statement after at least\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/25\/1101071658\/what-we-know-about-uvalde-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">19 elementary students and two adults were killed yesterday at an Uvalde, Texas school<\/a>, making it the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade:<br \/><br \/>\u201cThere are no words to accurately describe the heartbreak and sorrow we feel for the families who lost a child at yesterday\u2019s Texas elementary school shooting. No community should have to survive a massacre that targets their children. Sadly, Oakland County and Michigan, collectively, have been devastated by this type of gun violence, too.<br \/><br \/>\u201cAs legislators and parents, we are sick and tired of the disgusting and amoral status quo that has allowed for so many tragic shootings in 2022 alone. We are outraged and disturbed at the lack of policy solutions, votes, and action not only from Michigan\u2019s elected Republicans, but from elected Republicans around the country who refuse to even acknowledge that gun violence is a public health crisis. Our hearts go out to the families grieving the loss of children with futures unrealized, and for the communities like Oxford who are undoubtedly retraumatized seeing this tragedy play out again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. 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