Houston Police Chief Calls for Gun Control

HOUSTON -- Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo took to Twitter on Sunday to condemn silence on gun violence one week after a gunman shot into a Las Vegas country music festival crowd, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more.

"When will we stand up and say enough?" he wrote, sharing a Washington Post article profiling the Las Vegas victims. "On this Sabbath Sunday I can say I've spoken out against gun violence, can you? If not now, then when?"

He followed that tweet with another: "To those that say it is too soon, I say it's too late. We've failed thousands of families, of all ages, races and faith. Stand up and be heard."

Acevedo, who joined HPD in November, has been a vocal advocate for stricter gun control for many years. He called gun violence a "health epidemic" in September.

He has advocated for universal background checks for firearm buyers and closing the so-called gun-show loophole.

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