Nearly 13,000 people in the United States were victims of hate crimes in 2021, according to data released from the FBI.

These were crimes committed against people based on their race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or disability.

With a rise in shootings motivated by hate, people are pushing to strengthen gun laws to prevent hate crime offenders from owning a firearm.

“Unfortunately we’ve seen an increase in both gun violence and hate crimes in the past few years, and we can’t ignore the fact that those two things are related,” said Adzi Vokhiwa, federal fairness director with Giffords Law Center.

Right now, the U.S. does not have restrictions in place specific to hate crime offenders, only against those who are convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year or those who commit a state-level misdemeanor punishable by more than two years.

In 2021, the Disarm Hate Act would have addressed the concern of allowing violent hate crime offenders to own firearms, but the bill did not make it past the committee phase. It had 157 Democratic co-sponsors, but no Republicans.

“People always say, you know, if you’re a law-abiding citizen you should be able to exercise your Second Amendment rights. And I absolutely agree with that,” said Vokhiwa. “But if you’re not a law-abiding citizen, if you’re someone who has committed a hate crime, a violent hate crime in particular, you shouldn’t be able to access a gun.”