In the wake of two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton over the weekend, a small group of advocates gathered in front of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Office in Bakersfield on Thursday to urge the house minority leader to back gun reform laws.
“We’re demanding that he move on behalf of our families, those that are mourning, those that continue to be threatened, those that continue to be hunted in our areas,” Trena Turner, executive director of Faith in the Valley, said during a press conference. “It is absolutely unacceptable, for our elected officials to use their platforms carelessly, to release rhetoric, hatred, opinions that are not based in fact, that’s not supported in research.”
