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John,

Sign if you agree: If Congress won't act to protect our communities from gun violence, state legislatures must. Sign the petition urging state legislatures to pass legislation banning the sale of assault weapons.

"Gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it is an international embarrassment."

That's what Pres. Biden said more than two years ago after a gunman opened fire in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing nine people. 

Since then, in tragedy after tragedy around the country, countless additional lives have been taken by gunmen wielding assault weapons.

And while Pres. Biden is taking some meaningful steps through executive action to curb the gun violence epidemic, Congress has failed to do its part due to Republican obstruction.

Thankfully, state legislatures are starting to pick up the slack. In April, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law legislation that bans the sale, manufacturing and distribution of more than 50 specific types of semiautomatic firearms.

By doing so, Washington became the 10th state to ban the sale of assault weapons, following the lead of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

If Congress won't act to protect our communities from gun violence, state legislatures must. Sign the petition urging state legislatures to pass legislation banning the sale of assault weapons.

Cliff

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Cliff Schecter

President, Blue Amp Action

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About BlueAmp Action:

We cannot sugarcoat the current situation. Right-wing authoritarianism, defeated by a worldwide coalition during WWII, was only in hibernation. Over the past decade it has infected democratic societies--including ours. It is as simple as it is terrifying: What we do now will define the future of our country and world. 

We at Blue Amp Action are dedicated to liberal, open societies, where reason and science are applied to solve our problems; where civil rights--including voting rights!--are protected for all. We fight for these values every day. Speaking up on our platforms, raising the voices and the political prospects of liberal pols and pundits. 

And savvy grassroots activists like you know, just like we do, that we can’t stop watching the people we help elect: after the elections, we have to keep organizing support for the policies we like and pushing back against the ones we don’t.

When the public tunes out between elections and the only people our elected officials hear from are the paid lobbyists of wealthy corporations, our government stops being accountable to the needs of ordinary families.

Democracy never sleeps, and neither can we.

So we ask that you support our work, so we can continue to engage in this fight every moment of every day. So our kids grow up in democracy, not dystopia.

Thank you for your support for all we do! Please follow Cliff Schecter on Twitter @cliffschecter, or subscribe to The Takedown with Cliff Schecter on YouTube, to keep up to date with this battle for the heart and soul of our country.

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