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These are the original issues in this subcategory
- IDENTITY THEFT
- JUVENILE CRIME
- HATE CRIMES
Hate crimes are acts or threats of violence based on the actual or perceived race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender or disability of those targeted. Hate crimes have been said to be acts of domestic terrorism because often, the perpetrator’s intention is to intimidate and terrorize all members of a group. Human rights advocates say the problem is sufficiently serious and widespread as to warrant federal assistance to local law enforcement agencies. Critics of hate crime laws claim they are unconstitutional because they criminalize a defendant’s thought process. However, our Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of these laws.
Police recorded crime figures in 2022/23 show that there were 145,214 offences where one or more of the centrally monitored hate crime strands were deemed to be a motivating factor. Hate crimes most frequently target Black and Jewish individuals and LGBTQ+ people. An estimated 25,000 hate crimes in the U.S. involve a firearm every year according to an analysis of data from 2010 to 2021. Another Bureau of Justice Statistics estimate indicates more than 10,300 hate crimes involving the use or threatened use of a firearm occur annually.
Pending Legislation: H.R.6258 - Disarm Hate Act
Sponsor: Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX)
Status: House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair: Rep. Jim Jordan (OH)
Police recorded crime figures in 2022/23 show that there were 145,214 offences where one or more of the centrally monitored hate crime strands were deemed to be a motivating factor. Hate crimes most frequently target Black and Jewish individuals and LGBTQ+ people. An estimated 25,000 hate crimes in the U.S. involve a firearm every year according to an analysis of data from 2010 to 2021. Another Bureau of Justice Statistics estimate indicates more than 10,300 hate crimes involving the use or threatened use of a firearm occur annually.
Pending Legislation: H.R.6258 - Disarm Hate Act
Sponsor: Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX)
Status: House Committee on the Judiciary
Chair: Rep. Jim Jordan (OH)
- I oppose reforming current hate crime policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- I support preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes or those receiving hate-bias enhanced sentences from buying or possessing firearms, closing loopholes that allow such people to legally own guns despite demonstrated bias-motivated threats or violence by: 1.) Prohibiting purchase/possession for those convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime or who got an enhanced sentence for hate/bias. 2.) Closing a loophole where short sentences for misdemeanor hate crimes don't prevent gun access. 3.) Reducing fatal outcomes in hate-motivated incidents by disarming proven threats. 4.) Covering bias based on race, religion, origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes or those receiving hate-bias enhanced sentences from buying or possessing firearms, closing loopholes that allow such people to legally own guns despite demonstrated bias-motivated threats or violence by:
1.) Prohibiting purchase/possession for those convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime or who got an enhanced sentence for hate/bias.
2.) Closing a loophole where short sentences for misdemeanor hate crimes don't prevent gun access.
3.) Reducing fatal outcomes in hate-motivated incidents by disarming proven threats.
4.) Covering bias based on race, religion, origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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Pledge Period - Opening Date
March 2, 2026 @00:01 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
Pledge Period - Closing Date
March 8, 2026 @23:59 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
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March 9, 2026