Jaybird1980
Grandmaster
Well I finally got a response from Todd Young (sort of?). This was a response from an email about Chipman, although he never mentions Chipman at all.
Thank you for contacting me regarding gun violence and the 2nd Amendment. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
As your Senator, I respect that Hoosiers have strong and diverse feelings on how to prevent gun violence while upholding the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. I know we all share a common desire to prevent acts of gun violence and I have the utmost empathy and sympathy for those affected by these tragic shootings. That’s why I have supported measures to increase school safety, improve mental health services, provide common-sense fixes to criminal background checks, and increase penalties for illegal possession of guns.
In the 115th Congress, I helped introduce the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act, which will help improve school safety infrastructure, resources, and procedures to prevent school violence. This bill was signed into law in March 2018, and I have advocated for robust funding for this program on an annual basis.
I also co-sponsored the Fix NICS Act to improve criminal background checks. This important bill holds federal agencies accountable if they do not report information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, encourages states to upload relevant records to the system, and prevents dangerous individuals from purchasing a firearm. This bill also became law in March 2018.
Furthermore, I support incentivizing states to adopt robust red flag laws, like the one enacted in Indiana, which ensures those with potentially life-saving information have a place to report it and legal gun owners have due process to defend their rights. According to research funded by the Department of Justice, many mass shooters reach a point in which they demonstrate warning signs through changes in behavior, expressions, or threats, and this often stems from a past trauma or violence. As a nation, we need to do far more to recognize, report, and act on these warning signs. At the same time, as we learned following the tragic attack at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021, state, local, and federal law enforcement officials must ensure that they are sharing information properly and that those with violent intentions don’t slip through the cracks.
We must work together as a nation to address underlying causes of violence, including the amplification and prevalence of hate ideologies, social alienation, and the devaluing of human life. As Congress considers various proposals relating to reducing gun violence, we must ensure we are not burdening law-abiding Americans—who are already subject to extensive legal and regulatory constraints—nor creating situations where individuals with a need for self-defense are prohibited from acquiring a firearm through legal means.
Please be assured I will continue to support efforts to prevent violence while upholding the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Hoosiers and Americans.
Again, thank you for contacting me. It is an honor to represent you in the United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Todd Young
United States Senator
Thank you for contacting me regarding gun violence and the 2nd Amendment. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
As your Senator, I respect that Hoosiers have strong and diverse feelings on how to prevent gun violence while upholding the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. I know we all share a common desire to prevent acts of gun violence and I have the utmost empathy and sympathy for those affected by these tragic shootings. That’s why I have supported measures to increase school safety, improve mental health services, provide common-sense fixes to criminal background checks, and increase penalties for illegal possession of guns.
In the 115th Congress, I helped introduce the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act, which will help improve school safety infrastructure, resources, and procedures to prevent school violence. This bill was signed into law in March 2018, and I have advocated for robust funding for this program on an annual basis.
I also co-sponsored the Fix NICS Act to improve criminal background checks. This important bill holds federal agencies accountable if they do not report information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, encourages states to upload relevant records to the system, and prevents dangerous individuals from purchasing a firearm. This bill also became law in March 2018.
Furthermore, I support incentivizing states to adopt robust red flag laws, like the one enacted in Indiana, which ensures those with potentially life-saving information have a place to report it and legal gun owners have due process to defend their rights. According to research funded by the Department of Justice, many mass shooters reach a point in which they demonstrate warning signs through changes in behavior, expressions, or threats, and this often stems from a past trauma or violence. As a nation, we need to do far more to recognize, report, and act on these warning signs. At the same time, as we learned following the tragic attack at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021, state, local, and federal law enforcement officials must ensure that they are sharing information properly and that those with violent intentions don’t slip through the cracks.
We must work together as a nation to address underlying causes of violence, including the amplification and prevalence of hate ideologies, social alienation, and the devaluing of human life. As Congress considers various proposals relating to reducing gun violence, we must ensure we are not burdening law-abiding Americans—who are already subject to extensive legal and regulatory constraints—nor creating situations where individuals with a need for self-defense are prohibited from acquiring a firearm through legal means.
Please be assured I will continue to support efforts to prevent violence while upholding the 2nd Amendment rights of law-abiding Hoosiers and Americans.
Again, thank you for contacting me. It is an honor to represent you in the United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Todd Young
United States Senator