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TSR Investigates Updatez: How The White House Is Battling Gun Violence 1 Year Following Takeoff’s Passing

<p>With the first anniversary of <strong>Takeoff<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s passing upon us&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re looking at how the White House is ushering in change to help tackle the issue of gun violence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;memorable-takeoff-verses-birthday&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Long Live The Rocket&colon; Paying Tribute To Memorable Takeoff Verses<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Greg Jackson Details The How Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Combats Gun Violence<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The latest installment of <em>TSR Investigates Updatez <&sol;em>opens with a look back at how Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s passing impacted others&period; <strong>Quavo<&sol;strong> — the late star&&num;8217&semi;s uncle and fellow <strong>Migos<&sol;strong> member — previously made it clear that he wanted to make a meaningful difference in the aftermath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result&comma; he met up with <strong>Vice President <&sol;strong><strong>Kamala Harris<&sol;strong> earlier this year to advocate for gun violence prevention&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re now getting a look at how these efforts are helping to bring about change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cxbi&lowbar;2JRpJ7" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Greg Jackson<&sol;strong>&comma; the White House&&num;8217&semi;s deputy director for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention&comma; is one lawmaker who&&num;8217&semi;s addressing the issue&comma; and he met up with <strong>Justin Carter <&sol;strong>to speak on the urgency of the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Gun violence is now the number one cause of premature death for all Black men in America&comma; and there are unfortunately too many of us that have been through similar situations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Continuing&comma; Jackson noted that &&num;8220&semi;the first bill to address gun violence in 30 years&&num;8221&semi; was signed into law just last year&period; This law&comma; the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act&comma; directly hones in on strengthening background check systems&comma; expanding mental health services&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He went on to refer to the plan as a &&num;8220&semi;FEMA-style response&&num;8221&semi; that &&num;8220&semi;pulls together the entire government to help communities respond and recover from mass shootings&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Senior Advisor To Kamala Harris Speaks On Quavo Meeting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Stephanie Young<&sol;strong>&comma; senior advisor to <strong>Kamala Harris<&sol;strong>&comma; also caught up with Justin Carter<strong> <&sol;strong>to speak on how the VP responded to her sit-down with Quavo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;That was a very powerful meeting&period; There was a lot of raw emotion and grief&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Young added&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;She left that meeting energized — obviously very moved&comma; but energized in figuring out and working with the new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While on the subject of Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s passing&comma; we should add that <strong>Patrick Clark<&sol;strong>&comma; the man accused of killing the rapper&comma; is currently on house arrest and awaiting trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His attorney&comma; <strong>Letitia Quinones<&sol;strong>&comma; told <strong>The Shade Room <&sol;strong>that her client is still proclaiming his innocence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Two African American males were adversely affected that night&period; One who lost his life&comma; and one being wrongfully accused for it&&num;8230&semi; My client was not the one who did it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Clark has a pre-trial court hearing scheduled for early 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Catch the full episode down below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"u&lowbar;efl9fKGQE" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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