| Friend, In the one year since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, at least 600 mass shootings have taken place in America.(1) 600. And assault-style weapons accounted for 75% of the people injured or killed in those shootings.(2) It’s a fact: Our children were safer when an assault weapons ban was in effect. California has an assault weapons ban, but not one of the states surrounding us does, so weapons flow easily across the border -- which accounted for the spate of mass shootings in Monterey earlier in the year.(3) We’re calling on ALL states to pass a ban, now. Will you sign our petition calling for an assault weapons ban in all 50 states?
As of 2020, gun violence is now the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens.(4) It’s a national tragedy. As President Biden said this week, “How many more parents will live their worst nightmare before we stand up to the gun lobby?”(5) Congress is completely failing to act, due to Republican obstruction. We need the states to step up. Right now, 10 states have banned the sale of assault weapons, and we need the other 40 to follow suit. Courage California is joining a coalition of groups across the country to demand that states protect our children and ban these dangerous guns. Sign our petition calling for assault weapons to be banned nationwide! Thank you for joining the fight. –Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, Lindsay, and Scottie (and the rest of the Courage team)
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