Preventing Gun Violence

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to advance a collection of bills that improve federal support for local law enforcement and other first responders, create new grant programs to help curb gun crime and solve gun crimes, and improve public safety on the Central Coast. The House passed the Invest to Protect Act, a bill… Read more »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance legislation co-sponsored by Congressman Salud Carbajal that would ban the sale, import, manufacture, or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons. Read more »

Today, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives sent to the President’s desk a proposal championed by Congressman Salud Carbajal which will expand the use of ‘red flag’ laws, a portion of a commonsense gun safety package crafted over the past month. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act includes multiple provisions to reduce gun deaths and keep American communities safe,… Read more »

Washington, DC. – Hoy, las dos cámaras del Congreso aprobaron un acuerdo bipartidista para reducir las muertes por armas que incluye incentivos para los estados a usar leyes de ‘bandera roja’, un esfuerzo del Congresista Salud Carbajal que ha defendido para proteger los los niños y las familias en todos los Estados Unidos. La Ley Bipartidista de Comunidades más Seguras (Bipartisan Safer… Read more »

Today, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve legislation written by Congressman Salud Carbajal aimed at expanding use of red flag laws nationwide to reduce gun deaths. Rep. Carbajal’s Extreme Risk Order Protection Act creates a grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice to encourage states to adopt ‘red flag’ laws and support the 19 states that… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal announced that his legislation to reduce gun deaths will receive a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next week. Rep. Carbajal’s Extreme Risk Order Protection Act, which has more than 100 co-sponsors in the House and a companion bill led by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in the Senate, would create a grant program at the U.S. Department of Justice… Read more »

Today, amid reports that the U.S. Senate is engaged in bipartisan discussions about ‘red flag’ law legislation, Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) wrote to U.S. Senate leaders to highlight his legislation that incentivizes states to adopt these laws. “As members of the United States Senate from both sides of the aisle are reportedly discussing legislation that would encourage states to… Read more »

Today, Congressman Salud Carbajal issued the following statement amid reports that multiple students and a teacher were shot and killed today at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. “I am horrified and heartbroken at the news coming out of Uvalde today. “This unspeakable act of senseless violence adds Robb Elementary School to the too-long of a list of schools scarred by America’s gun… Read more »

Congressman Salud Carbajal and a group of 40 members of Congress pushed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for updated and explicit guidance on illegal machine gun conversion devices, also known as ‘auto sears,’ to reduce gun violence and protect communities. Read more »

Santa Barbara, CA - Rep. Carbajal issued the following statement after the Department of Justice published model legislation to help state governments craft Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws last week. ERPO laws, such as the one California enacted following the horrific 2014 Isla Vista mass shooting, empower families and law enforcement to act on warning signs to prevent… Read more »