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On Tuesday, 93 Senators voted to pass Senator Richard Blumenthal's Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409) to hold the social media corporations accountable for not keeping children safe. Since guns are the #1 killer of our children and teens, Congress must also pass Senate Blumethal and Representative Adam Schiff's Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act (S. 2048 and H.R. 4184), to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to end the gun industry's special civil liability shield. The 7th Amendment protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value and PLCAA violates our constitutional right. The Kids Online Safety Act (S. 1409) would allow the attorney general of a State to bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in a district court of the United States or a State court of appropriate jurisdiction. We support the Kids Online Safety Act AND we also strongly support policies to protect our children from gun violence. If Congress can remove social media's immunity from civil actions then Congress must act to eliminate the gun industry's civil liability shield by repealing PLCAA. Last week, I traveled to D.C. with PLCAA survivors Sandy and Lonnie Phillips, a student and teacher who survivord the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a mom whose son survived Parkland, and six other students from Newtown/Sandy Hook to urge the Congressional holdouts to cosponsor and vote on the bill to repeal PLCAA. We met with over 30 House and Senate offices and I am pleased to report that we have secured 12 additional cosponsors for HR4184. Our goal is to secure at least 150 cosponsors so that the House Democrats could file a discharge petition to ensure that this bill will be a priority WHEN we take back the House in November. Newtown Action Alliance