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Tell Republicans in Congress: “Thoughts and prayers” are not enough. We need real gun control.
Republican members of Congress respond to gun tragedies while they’re in the news. But, they don’t take responsibility for how their actions, and inaction, lay the groundwork for hate crimes and gun violence, nor do they take action to prevent these tragedies from happening again. Instead, they offer up either fleeting sentiments or xenophobic and racist policies.
They need to pass real gun control now, including:
• Closing the terror gap by allowing the Department of Justice to block guns sales to anyone on the terror watch list. Between 2004 and 2014, more than 2,000 people on the list purchased guns in the U.S.
• Closing the loophole that allows people to buy guns without undergoing background checks through private sales, at gun shows and online. An estimated 40 percent of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals not required to conduct background checks on buyers.
• Banning convicted domestic abusers and stalkers from buying guns. Abused women are five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if that individual has access to a firearm.
• Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and "large capacity" magazines for civilian use.
https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/tell-republicans-in-congress-thoughts-and-prayers-are-not-enough-we-need-real-gun-control?
They need to pass real gun control now, including:
• Closing the terror gap by allowing the Department of Justice to block guns sales to anyone on the terror watch list. Between 2004 and 2014, more than 2,000 people on the list purchased guns in the U.S.
• Closing the loophole that allows people to buy guns without undergoing background checks through private sales, at gun shows and online. An estimated 40 percent of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals not required to conduct background checks on buyers.
• Banning convicted domestic abusers and stalkers from buying guns. Abused women are five times more likely to be killed by their abuser if that individual has access to a firearm.
• Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and "large capacity" magazines for civilian use.
https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/tell-republicans-in-congress-thoughts-and-prayers-are-not-enough-we-need-real-gun-control?
Right now, ALEC/NRA/ILA apologists and right-wing gun lobbyists are busy defending their definition of an "assault weapon" and arguing that the Second Amendment protects their "right" to any weapon they want to carry in the public venue.
Stand up to these gun nut bullies, and demand that our politicians enact legislation to cover all of the steps (and more) that are outlined above.
Vote for those Democrats who are neither afraid of the NRA right-wing gun lobby, nor accept their corrupt campaign bribes.
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