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To: The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, Governor J.B. Pritzker, The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump

Oppose Gun Control and Weapons Ban Legislation

Support the 2nd Amendment by opposing gun control and weapons ban legislation at the local, state, and federal level. The United States and Illinois should oppose comprehensive gun control, age restrictions, magazine capacity limits and weapons ban. Semi-automatic rifles make up less than 1 percent of the deaths in the United States each year. Strict gun control laws have not curtailed or restricted criminal activity in strict gun control states and cities across the United States, but increased it. Anti-2nd Amendment organizations and individuals skew the firearm death data obtained from CDC and FBI. Get informed and make the right decision look at the CDC and FBI data.

Why is this important?

Semi-automatic rifles make up less than 1 percent of the deaths in the United States each year out of a total of approximately 3 million deaths annually. Anti-2nd Amendment organizations and individuals skew the firearm death data from CDC and FBI to fit their propaganda message. The CDC firearm homicide data only reports about 11000 deaths in 2014. CDC data is skewed by adding in about 20000 suicide deaths in 2014 to produce a larger firearm deaths total. The FBI homicide data shows about 11000 deaths from firearms in 2016. Support the 2nd Amendment by opposing gun control and weapons ban legislation at the local, state, and federal level.