RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia’s U.S. Senators have introduced a bill in Congress they say could reduce gun violence in America.
Included in their proposal is a provision commonly known as “Lucia’s Law.”
In 2021, 13-year-old Lucia Bremer died in her mother’s arms after being shot nine times in Henrico County. Her killer was a fellow teenager with documented mental health problems, who used a loaded handgun he found in his home.
‘We had that tragedy in Central Virginia where a caregiver frankly should have been aware that they were giving a gun to someone that could be in harm’s way,” Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) told 8News.
Warner and Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-Virginia) measure would charge parents with a crime if their child gets access to their gun after they were deemed a threat to themselves or others.
“Maybe if Lucia’s Law had been in place earlier, we could have prevented the enormous tragedy that took place in Newport News a number of months back where the schoolteacher was shot,” Warner explained.