Pat is committed to... has called for the passage of commonsense gun reforms including, red flag laws, assault weapons ban, and universal background checks.
Patrick Ryan will call for commonsense gun reforms including red flag laws, an assault weapons ban, and universal background checks.
Occurrences
Having carried weapons of war in combat Pat understands the devastating power they can inflict and has called for the passage of commonsense gun reforms including, red flag laws, assault weapons ban, and universal background checks.
Evidence
Ryan’s Youth Agenda includes safety from gun violence and lists the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2023, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2023, and other gun-safety bills.
The letter was signed by Representatives Jerrold Nadler, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Thompson, Timothy Kennedy, Dan Goldman, Grace Meng, Patrick Ryan, Paul Tonko, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ritchie Torres, Gregory Meeks, Yvette Clarke, Adriano Espaillat, and Nydia Velázquez, and urged New York Republicans to back universal background checks.
Assessments
The promise was to call for commonsense gun reforms, not necessarily to enact them. During his current House service, Patrick Ryan publicly advanced and supported the relevant reform package: his Youth Agenda listed an assault weapons ban, universal/background-check legislation, enhanced background checks, and a federal red-flag-style extreme risk protection bill. He also joined a formal congressional letter urging support for universal background checks. These actions satisfy the promised public call for the named reforms in the same federal term context.