Amendment to State Senate's gun bill under review

a repeat offender amendment is possible as the state senate is looking into a gun Bill to prevent violent crimes in Western Massachusetts 22 News State House reporter Olivia Ray has the latest on this amendment and how it could increase safety following a shooting that left a police officer severely injured in Springfield last week Senator vas's repeat violent firearm offenders Amendment to the Senate's gun bill is once again under discussion 7even suspects were arrested following the shooting which left Springfield officer Nestor Santos with face and leg wounds police say five of the suspects have previous firearm charges Senator vas's Amendment looks to hold repeat offenders of violent or Firearms related crimes on remand until their trials in order to prevent future violent crimes by the same offenders when do we talk about the victims when do we talk about the fact that what happened last week in Springfield could have been infinitely worse when do we say enough is enough state senator Adam Gomez a co-sponsor of the amendment agrees with its necessity for keeping his constituents safe I'm I'm with the community it's it's it's unsettling more than enough that we just had the bloodiest year in Springfield's history so right now we have to look at one what are the root causes of violence especially gun violence within young people within the City of Springfield and in the Commonwealth the Massachusetts Chief of Police Association the Massachusetts district attorney Association and Springfield mayor Dominic Sarno have all voiced their support for this amendment the repeat violent firearm offender amendment was adopted unanimously by the senate in February with bipartisan support and is now in committee working for you from the state house in Boston I'm Olivia Ray 22 News