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Elissa Slotkin on Gun Control

 

 


First rep to have two school shootings in her district

Elissa is the first Member of Congress to have two school shootings in her district--the first in Oxford and the second at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Elissa has seen firsthand the toll gun violence has taken on Michigan and our children. In Congress, Elissa has supported no-brainer gun safety measures to keep our communities safe, including safe storage of firearms, universal background checks, red flag laws, and the assault weapons ban.
Source: 2024 Michigan Senate campaign website ElissaSlotkin.com , Apr 11, 2023

Believes in the Second Amendment but with background checks

Her family owned guns, and in Iraq she carried a Glock and an M4. She said she believes in the Second Amendment. "That said, I believe that it is clear we need additional comprehensive background checks. Closing all the loopholes so you can't avoid a background check--and making sure we are laser focused so that domestic abusers, terrorists on the terrorist watch list and mentally ill people cannot get them," she said.
Source: Yahoo News (yahoo.com) on 2018 Congressional MI-8 election , Jun 9, 2018

Restrict right to bear arms, according to CC survey.

Slotkin supports the CC survey question on Second Amendment

The Christian Coalition Voter Guide inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Further Restrictions on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms' Christian Coalition's self-description: "Christian Voter Guide is a clearing-house for traditional, pro-family voter guides. We do not create voter guides, nor do we interview or endorse candidates."

Source: Christian Coalition Surve 18CC-10 on Jul 1, 2018

Support gun-control, according to PVS survey.

Slotkin supports the PVS survey question on gun control

Project Vote Smart inferred whether candidates agree or disagree with the statement, 'Guns: Do you generally support gun-control legislation?' PVS self-description: "The Political Courage Test provides voters with positions on key issues. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads."

Source: PVS Survey 18PVS-10 on Aug 1, 2018

Require background check for every firearm sale and transfer.

Slotkin voted YEA the Bipartisan Background Checks Act

H.R.8: To require a background check for every firearm sale. This Act may be cited as the `Background Check Expansion Act`.