As of April 18th, there have been six mass shootings in The United States of America in 2021. These shootings should be wake-up calls to us: we need effective gun control laws passed now. Too many innocent people have been murdered due to our government's inability to regulate firearms effectively.

On March 11th, 2021, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. These two bills would expand universal background checks and close loopholes in our current system. The two bills were sent to the Senate, and they still have not been brought to the senate floor. It is time that we demand our senators take action and vote on these two bills.