Rishi wants to stop the meaningless deaths

It's not mental illness or broken families - America has a huge problem and it's senseless deaths, little children dying and it's shattering communities nationwide. And it is like Groundhog Day!

Thoughts and prayers aren't enough, they never were. It's time to take action and pass commonsense gun reform. With overall rates of violence increasing across the country, increased measures must be taken. There are more firearms than citizens of the United States. Nearly every European country and ally of the US has both lower rates of gun violence and stricter laws. It is essential to the safety of our country, NOW! I will push for the following:

• Universal Background Checks: A check for all gun sales and transfers, including private transactions and sales at gun shows, to prevent firearms from being sold to individuals who are legally prohibited from owning them, such as felons or those with a history of domestic violence.
• Assault Weapons Ban: We have to reinstate the ban on assault weapons, which was in effect from 1994 to 2004. This would include prohibiting the sale, manufacture, and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that hold more than a certain number of rounds, aiming to reduce the lethality of mass shootings.
• Red Flag Laws: Also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), these laws allow family members or law enforcement to petition a court to temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. The goal is to prevent tragedies before they occur by intervening when warning signs of violence are present.

We need a way out of this madness. It is time we stopped the sale of assault weapons in the United States.

It is a bipartisan effort - we should come together as elected leaders to decrease the violence at home.

Rishi's Agenda

Rishi's political agenda has always been to find real solutions for your tough challenges - not half-baked, ill-conceived political posturing. Unenforceable laws with little relevance beyond the buried archives they are contained within do not just signify political grandstanding, but political failure.

Clean money is Rishi’s driving agenda: Rishi will NEVER accept money from Pharma,the NRA, or any other gun systems manufacturer. On the city council, he has always rejected money from real-estate developers. Rishi’s intention is meaningful problem-solving and never about “activity for the sake of activity” - a mantra which he has repeated numerous times when analyzing policies and outcomes at city council meetings.