To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
NO to bump stocks, and NO to military-style assault weapons and high-cap magazines!
The horrifying act of domestic terrorism in Las Vegas demands a serious response from Washington. A ban on bump stocks would be a welcome small step in the right direction, but it would not be enough.
It's long past time for Congress to get military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines out of the hands of civilians, and to pass universal background checks. We have to fix the flaws in our gun safety system now. It’s an emergency.
It's long past time for Congress to get military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines out of the hands of civilians, and to pass universal background checks. We have to fix the flaws in our gun safety system now. It’s an emergency.
Why is this important?
Banning bump stocks would not be enough. Bump stocks enabled the Las Vegas gunman to mow down close to 600 people in a span of minutes, but even without those gun attachments, his semi-automatic weapons would have been able to discharge enough bullets rapidly enough for unprecedented carnage. Much more than the accessory, it was the guns that enabled the horrific level of violence.
Here are key facts: Military-style assault weapons are used in the majority of mass shootings in America, and the majority of mass shooters obtain their deadly weapons legally due to our lax laws.
Enough is enough. In addition to action on bump stocks, we demand from our elected leaders real progress on gun safety, including banning military-style assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, and passage of universal background checks on gun sales.
We reject the gun lobby’s false message that guns make people safer, because they don’t. We reject its assertion that gun rights supersede all other rights, including the right for our families and communities to be safe and free from gun violence. Most of all, we reject the gun lobby’s efforts to normalize firearms in our daily lives by giving gun owners access to as many guns as they want, and insisting that they be permitted to bring them everywhere, including restaurants, public parks, day care center, schools...and hotel rooms. We reject the gun lobby's "guns everywhere" vision of America that conditions people so that the first thing they think to do in response to anything is to reach for their firearms.
This is not anti-gun, this is pro-gun safety. Please join us and sign on now.
Here are key facts: Military-style assault weapons are used in the majority of mass shootings in America, and the majority of mass shooters obtain their deadly weapons legally due to our lax laws.
Enough is enough. In addition to action on bump stocks, we demand from our elected leaders real progress on gun safety, including banning military-style assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, and passage of universal background checks on gun sales.
We reject the gun lobby’s false message that guns make people safer, because they don’t. We reject its assertion that gun rights supersede all other rights, including the right for our families and communities to be safe and free from gun violence. Most of all, we reject the gun lobby’s efforts to normalize firearms in our daily lives by giving gun owners access to as many guns as they want, and insisting that they be permitted to bring them everywhere, including restaurants, public parks, day care center, schools...and hotel rooms. We reject the gun lobby's "guns everywhere" vision of America that conditions people so that the first thing they think to do in response to anything is to reach for their firearms.
This is not anti-gun, this is pro-gun safety. Please join us and sign on now.