The group has three requests for senators. The first is to expand background checks for all gun sales.
April Rochford, co-leader of the Alaska chapter of Moms Demand Action, dropped off a petition supporting gun safety to Sen. Lisa Murskowski’s office on Friday, June 3, 2022.
April Rochford co-leads the Alaska chapter of Moms Demand Action. She said last week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has made their work feel even more urgent. Last year, the House passed a bill to expand background checks, but the Senate hasn’t voted on it yet., which would allow authorities to temporarily take guns away from people who pose a danger to themselves or others. Representative Geran Tarr, a Democrat from Anchorage, sponsored a statewide red flag bill, HB 122, during the last session. Rochford said she’s hopeful Alaskans could support those kinds of measures.
The third is to confirm Steve Dettelbach to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He’d be the bureau’s first Senate-confirmed leader since 2013, and he’s received bipartisan support since President Biden nominated him in April.
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