Jack, sign the petition to Congress: "Thoughts and prayers" are not enough. Ban assault weapons.

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It has been one year since the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas when an 18-year-old fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers. It has been two months since the school shooting in Nashville, Texas when a shooter killed three students and three teachers.

But what are states doing about it? A majority have gone in the wrong direction. In the year since the Uvalde shooting, Texas has widened access to firearms—and failed to advance a bill that would have raised the age to purchase AR-15 rifles from 18 to 21.

These mass shootings were not the first, and they won't be the last. As of May 24, there have been 284 mass shootings in the United States in 2013—or approximately one every day. These senseless acts could have been prevented with an assault weapon ban.

Sign the petition to Congress: Ban assault weapons.

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Banning assault weapons saves lives. The 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which lasted until 2004, reduced the risk of a person in the U.S. dying from a mass shooting by 70%. Both the number of deaths and the number of annual incidents decreased significantly.

Time and time again, assault weapons are used in the deadliest mass shootings in America. Between 2009 and 2018, assault weapons accounted for 25% of deaths and 76% of nonfatal injuries in mass shootings. They are uniquely lethal, allowing the most murders in the shortest amount of time. They are weapons of war and have no place in our homes.

Sign the petition to Congress: Pass an assault weapons ban NOW!

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Paul Hogarth, Daily Kos