In our parks. In our streets. In our places of healing. Bullets do as they are intended to do. And lives lost are reduced to mere memory held closely by the living.
 
This is the trend, now firmly established.
 
In response, and as a companion to efforts in the House, we seek to establish a Gun Violence Task Force in every county that has failed to meet the reporting goals established by the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2030 initiative for firearm-related deaths.
 
Comprised of state and local law enforcement, along with crime-reduction stakeholders, these task forces will be responsible for investigating and prosecuting firearm-related crimes. The Attorney General will be provided with concurrent prosecutorial jurisdiction over any criminal actions or proceedings when appropriate. 
 
To maintain transparency and determine the effectiveness of these task forces, the Attorney General will be required to make annual reports on the operation of the task force, the number of convictions and arrests, and the number of firearms seized by each task force. 
 
Please join me in sponsoring this effort to combat the terrible effects of gun violence.