U.S. Representatives Brendan F. Boyle and Dwight Evans held a press conference at Temple University Hospital – Main Campus to call on the U.S. Senate to pass assault weapons ban legislation that passed in the U.S. House. Michael A. Young, MHA, FACHE, President and CEO of Temple Health and Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, Interim Dean and George S. Peters, MD and Louise C. Peters Chair and Professor of Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Surgeon-in-Chief of Temple Health offered remarks at the press conference. Multiple media outlets covered the event, including NBC10 and KYW Newsradio.