Rep. Kelly continues push for gun safety as Democrats mark sit-in anniversary

Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., released this statement marking the one year anniversary of the House Gun Violence Prevention Sit-In that she organized with Reps. John Lewis (Ga.), Katherine Clark (Mass.), David Cicilline (R.I.) and John Larson (Conn.). Kelly represents Homewood and Flossmoor in Congress. It comes after Kelly, vice chair of the Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, wrote to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence asking for their assistance in passing legislation after 38 children under the age of 16 had been killed in Chicago in the previous . . .