Dear MoveOn member,
[ [link removed] ]More than 225,000 MoveOn members have joined together to demand
Congress pass an assault weapons ban that we know will save lives and
reduce mass shootings like the one in Nashville earlier this week.
We need to keep pressure on Congress and demand House members—Democrats
and Republicans—use every tool they have to force a vote, stand up to the
NRA, and pass an assault weapons ban that voters of all walks of life
across the country support.
[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to help us reach 250,000 signatures before we
deliver this petition to Congress?
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Sana, Oscar, Cheryl, and the rest of the team
P.S. You can read Tuesday's email below for more context on this important
fight.
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[ [link removed] ]Add your name to the petition to demand Congress reinstate an assault
weapons ban.
Dear MoveOn member,
Six victims, slain in a school in Nashville, three of them just 9 years
old. They are the latest victims in a gory, unacceptable epidemic of gun
violence—and the latest souls whose brutal murders demand we take action
to put our children and our communities ahead of the Republican loyalty to
gun manufacturers and lobbyists.
Once again, the culprit used assault weapons—weapons of violence and mass
destruction that have no place in civil society and were never dreamed of,
much less protected, by the framers of the Constitution. [ [link removed] ]As President
Biden has already said: It's time to ban assault weapons. Please sign if
you agree.
Congress must reinstate the assault weapons ban immediately. It worked in
the past and can work again. We need commonsense, impactful action to
tackle gun violence. Most Americans agree: Civilians do not need
military-grade weaponry.
[5]Sign the petition
A dance hall in Monterey Park. A Buffalo supermarket. A school in Uvalde.
A Fourth of July Parade outside Chicago. A nightclub that was an oasis for
the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs. And these are just a few of the
massacres over the past year.
Add Nashville's Covenant School to this list of places that will never be
the same, that will be haunted by our society's inability to act due to
Republican obstruction and the party's loyalty to the gun lobby.
Many Republican voters agree with commonsense measures, but Republican
elected officials, who are in a ghoulish embrace with the NRA and others
in the gun lobby, want to talk about anything other than guns when it
comes to gun violence. That's why Republican leaders need to hear loud and
clear: Voters expect you to take real action and will respect you for
passing an assault weapons ban and other commonsense measures.
[ [link removed] ]Please add your name to join the 167,000 fellow MoveOn members
demanding that Congress act on an assault weapons ban.
Banning assault weapons will have immediate impact. It's supported by a
wide number of Americans of all walks of life.^1 When there was a federal
assault weapons ban, the number of gun-related deaths plummeted—and rose
again when Republicans in Congress and President George W. Bush refused to
renew it.^2
The gun industry is opposed to bans—and opposed to any meaningful efforts
to address gun violence in a real way. They would rather stoke fear and
reap profits than address an epidemic that just doesn't exist in many
other countries. Massacre after massacre occurs because of military-grade
assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and the fast and deadly impact
of these weapons. Without AR-15s and other assault weapons, the level of
mass gun violence would drop immediately.^3
There are so many steps we can take to address gun violence in a serious
way—and while banning assault weapons wouldn't end all gun deaths, it
would greatly reduce heinous episodes like today's.
[ [link removed] ]Please add you name: Congress must reinstate the assault weapons ban
immediately. And we'll make sure that Democrats know momentum is on their
side to push forward, that sensible Republicans see they have the mandate
to bring bipartisan support to such a measure, and that the rest of the
Republicans know they'll be held accountable for choosing assault weapons
over our children and communities.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Sana, Oscar, Cheryl, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Polling is clear: Americans want gun control," Vox, June 1, 2022
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2. "How Congress Passed an Assault Weapons Ban in 1994," The New York
Times, June 22, 2021
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3. "Assault weapon ban significantly reduces mass shooting," Northwestern
Now, March 25, 2021
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