Finding Common Ground on Gun Safety

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Finding Common Ground on Gun Safety:

A Conversation with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

 

With moderated discussion to follow

 

 Friday, April 13, 2018

 

10:00 am

 

Thomas & Mack Moot Courtroom

 

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

 

This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP.

Over the next year, the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law is bringing together lawmakers, law enforcement, judges, academics, students, and community members to discuss legal and legislative solutions for reducing gun violence.  Our goal is to facilitate thoughtful, balanced, and substantive discussion about gun policy.  This event is the first in a series of discussions hosted by the law school and our partners.

About Attorney General Becerra:

On January 24, 2017, Xavier Becerra was sworn in as the 33rd Attorney General of the State of California, and is the first Latino to hold the office in the history of the state.

Attorney General Becerra previously served 12 terms in Congress as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  While in Congress, Attorney General Becerra served as a member of the powerful Committee on Ways And Means, served as Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and was Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security.

Attorney General Becerra has decades of experience in appointed and elected office, where he has fought for working families, the vitality of the Social Security and Medicare programs, and greater economic equality.  As Attorney General, he has worked to promote clean energy, access to health care, and immigration reform.