Continue fighting against the gun lobby and its attempts to block common-sense gun safety reforms.

We’ll keep fighting against the gun lobby and their attempts to block these measures that a majority of Americans support.

The page commits to ongoing opposition to the gun lobby and support for gun safety measures.

Katherine Clark for Congress | Priorities
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We will work to continue to end gun violence, until there are no more mothers mourning the loss of a child.

Clark commits to continuing efforts to end gun violence until it is no longer devastating families and communities.

Primary Election Victory Speech - Oct. 18, 2013 - Archives of Women's Political Communication
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Clark's official House page says Republicans prioritize the gun lobby over kids, recalls the House sit-in she helped organize, cites the Safer Communities Act, and says she remains committed to universal background checks, closing the boyfriend loophole, ghost guns restrictions, assault-weapons limits, and high-capacity magazine bans.

Official current position statement shows she is still actively advocating against gun-lobby obstruction and for common gun-safety reforms.

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Gun Safety - Congresswoman Katherine Clark
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Congress.gov shows Clark as sponsor of H.R.8659, introduced 2022-08-05 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee, with the bill remaining at the introduced stage. The bill aimed to study animal cruelty as a predictor of future violence and support early intervention resources.

Clark introduced a concrete gun-violence-prevention bill that advanced to committee referral but did not become law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.8659 - AVERT Future Violence Act of 2022
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Clark said she voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and that 'we are seeing that promise through,' describing the law as an important first step to strengthen gun laws and protect children, families, and communities.

She publicly backed enactment of major gun-safety legislation and framed it as fulfillment of a promise to reduce gun violence.

partial same_term A for effort

Assistant Speaker Clark Statement on Vote to Send Gun Safety Bill to President Biden's Desk
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Clark's office said she joined Massachusetts mayors in demanding debates and votes on background-check and terrorist-firearms proposals, and the statement explicitly blamed Republican leadership's obstruction of gun-violence legislation.

Shows direct opposition to congressional blocking tactics and active pressure for gun-safety votes.

partial same_term A for effort

Mass. Mayors, Clark to Speaker Ryan: Allow a vote on gun violence
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Congress.gov lists Katherine Clark among the cosponsors of H.R.18, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025, with her cosponsorship dated 2025-06-10.

Clark continued concrete support for universal background-check legislation in the current Congress.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.18 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
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