Lois Capps: “today I am releasing a bipartisan letter to the President in support of his recent ban on the import of modified assault…”

“today I am releasing a bipartisan letter to the President in support of his recent ban on the import of modified assault weapons and pledging to oppose any legislative efforts to overturn it. This is a commonsense, moderate approach to fighting gun-related crime. I fully support the rights of hunters, but these modified assault weapons are not for sport or hunting. They are manufactured for killing people. They are used on our streets for committing crimes. These firearms put our children and the public at great risk. James Guelff, the brother of my constituent Lee Guelff, was killed by an assault weapon while serving on the San Francisco Police Department. These modified weapons are really just assault weapons that have been cosmetically altered when they are imported. The result is violence in our communities, on our streets. We must not allow the ban on assault weapons to be overturned.”