Following the Mass Shooting in Highland Park, Judiciary Committee Schedules Hearing on the Dangers of Civilian Access to Military-Style Assault Weapons
Witnesses will include Nancy Rotering, Mayor of Highland Park, Illinois
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 20 at 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a Full Committee hearing entitled “After the Highland Park Attack: Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings.” This hearing—the Judiciary Committee’s tenth hearing held in the 117th Congress on aspects of the nation’s gun violence epidemic—will focus on the dangers of widespread civilian access to military-style assault weapons that can be used to kill large numbers of people in mere seconds.
WHO: Senate Judiciary Committee
DATE: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
TIME: 10:00 AM ET
LOCATION: Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building
LIVESTREAM: The hearing will stream live here; on Twitter here; and on Facebook here
The Independence Day Parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was the 309th mass shooting in America this year—totaling an average of more than 11 per week. Prior to this hearing, the Full Committee held related hearings entitled “Constitutional and Common Sense Steps to Reduce Gun Violence” (3/23/21); “Combating Gun Trafficking and Reducing Violence in Chicago” (12/13/21); “Federal Support for Preventing and Responding to Carjackings” (3/1/22); “Examining the ‘Metastasizing Domestic Terrorism Threat After the Buffalo Attack” (6/7/22); and “Protecting America’s Children From Gun Violence” (6/15/22). The Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings entitled “Stop Gun Violence: Extreme Risk Order / ‘Red Flag”’ Laws” (4/28/21); “Stop Gun Violence: Ghost Guns” (5/11/21); “Stop Gun Violence: Safe Storage” (5/25/21); and “Stop Gun Violence: The Jackson-Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act” (5/18/22).
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