PADILLA COSPONSORS BICAMERAL BILL PROTECTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS FROM GUN VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04) in introducing theLoriJackson-Nicolette Elias DomesticViolence Survivor Protection Act, legislation to close a dangerous loophole that allows domestic abusers to legally obtain weapons.TheLoriJackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Actrestricts those under temporary restrainingorders from purchasing or possessing a firearm and extends protections to domestic violence survivors whohave been abused by their dating partners.

The bill is named in memory of Lori Jackson, a ...