Gil Cisneros must confront the issue of gun violence every single day he drops off his two young children to school.
Cisneros never got to meet his grandfather, who was killed in an armed robbery. He is fighting to make sure nobody else has to lose a son or grandfather to gun violence.
As a Navy veteran, Cisneros understands that guns are weapons of war that need to be kept away from prohibited purchasers, domestic abusers, and people who are a danger to themselves or others. Representing California’s 39th Congressional District in the 116th Congressional session, Cisneros championed gun safety reform, universal background checks, and the banning of assault weapons. Cisneros wants to return to Congress to continue his work to promote common-sense solutions to gun violence, such as safe storage and firearm research.
Cisneros said:
From Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, to a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to a bar in Dayton, Ohio, we have a major problem in our country, and it is not just going to go away. We need to do more than just listen to my mom’s story and the stories of other survivors of gun violence. They’re calling for us to act, and it’s about time for the Senate and the President to do exactly that. The American people deserve justice.
The Brady Campaign is proud to endorse Gil Cisneros in his campaign to represent California’s 31st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.