Viewfinder: Nancy Pelosi Introduces Legislation to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Jan 9, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference with former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and Representative Mike Thompson (D-California) to introduce legislation expanding background checks for gun sales at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 8th, 2019.
(Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

Viewfinder is Pacific Standard's daily photo feature, showcasing one image from the news.

United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (center) and celebrity chef Jose Andres (second from the right) help distribute food to furloughed federal workers at the World Central Kitchen on January 22nd, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters—and, in this case, the government shutdown. The kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16th and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and celebrity chef Jose Andres help distribute food to furloughed federal workers at the World Central Kitchen on January 22nd, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

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Students gather at a gun control rally at the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Students from area high schools participated in the event to mark the one-year anniversary of a nationwide gun violence walkout protest that was prompted by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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Students gather at a gun control rally at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on March 14th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Charlie Mirsky (left), and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 23rd, 2018.

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Charlie Mirsky, and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center.