{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sablan.house.gov/kilili-shootings-%E2%80%98we-need-stop-deaths%E2%80%99", "Kilili on shootings: We need to stop deaths", "2017-10-06", "2017", "2017-10", "Independent", "House", "MP", "Gregorio Sablan", "S001177", "sablan.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Saipan Tribune \u2014 Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) grieves the lives lost in what is dubbed as the \u201cdeadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history,\u201d while calling for legislation to prevent a repeat.\nSablan, through a statement from his office, reportedly joined other Democratic Caucus members on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last Thursday to mourn the victims of gun violence and \u201cdemand action to prevent the daily tragedy of gun deaths across America.\u201d\n\u201cEvery time a mass shooting like this occurs we offer prayers and condolences; we lower the flag to half-mast; but we never seem to take action to try to prevent these killings from happening again,\u201d said Sablan.\nHe added that the U.S. Congress should \u201cenact commonsense legislation,\u201d similar to the bipartisan King-Thompson legislation that strengthened background checks with the intent to keep guns out of the \u201cwrong hands.\u201d\nAccording to Sablan, almost 12,000 people in the U.S. die from gun violence.\n\u201cIt is an epidemic. We need to stop the deaths,\u201d he said.\nThe U.S. just last Sunday evening experience its deadliest mass shooting to date at the Las Vegas strip, where the suspect, Stephen Paddock, opened fire with several military-grade assault rifles on a nearby crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers about 500 yards away.\nPaddock took the lives of at least 59 people and injured 527.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sablan.house.gov/kilili-shootings-%E2%80%98we-need-stop-deaths%E2%80%99"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.9729380514472723, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}