After Texas attack, Kwanza Hall is ‘rededicated’ to gun control push

Joeff Davis/CL fileAtlanta Councilman Kwanza Hall says he’s ‘rededicated’ to “common-sense” gun law reform, after hearing of Sunday’s massacre at a Texas church.

“While we don’t know all the facts, what we do know is that on average, 93 people are killed every day in the U.S. by firearms, whether accidental or intentional,” he says in a statement emailed to Creative Loafing.

Atlanta’s government doesn’t have the power to regulate firearm use and possession, but the city’s mayor, says Hall, who’s running for the seat, should have some pull at the state House. “In the past, I have stood with victims and parents who have lost their children in calling for common-sense reforms to keep our neighborhoods and places of worship safe,” he says in the statement.

“Today, Natalie (Hall, his wife) and I are rededicating ourselves to push for progress on gun control nationally and at the state level. We are all God’s children and no matter if you’re from Sutherland Springs, Texas, Las Vegas, Nevada, or right here in Atlanta, we must stop losing so many lives to senseless gun violence.”