The Democratic Party
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Samuel --

Yesterday afternoon, a 19-year-old with a weapon of war walked into Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and opened fire, killing
17 people and injuring many others.

We have seen this happen too many times. This is not normal. This is not
acceptable. This is not inevitable. It's long past time for our leaders to stop
pretending we are helpless in the face of such tragedy.

Let's be very clear about something. The vast majority of Americans support
common-sense solutions to prevent this type of gun violence. But the special
interests that stand against measures like universal background checks are
ruthless -- and they're also better organized.

Each election cycle, the NRA spends tens of millions of dollars to defeat candidates
who will stand against their extreme agenda -- and as a result, many Republican
elected officials owe their election in part to support from the gun lobby. So it's no
surprise why gun violence prevention legislation never makes any progress in Congress.

Enough is enough, Samuel. What we're letting happen right now in America is
madness. Our children and our country deserve better.

We deserve a Congress that is willing to take up this debate. We deserve more
than thoughts and prayers when these tragedies happen. We deserve leaders
who understand the urgent need to take action on this issue.

Changing our gun laws won't stop every mass shooting -- but it will stop some
of them. And we have to try.

There are solutions that can address our nation's epidemic of gun violence -- such
as expanding background checks and closing the gun-show loophole. Now we just
need to elect a Congress with the courage to stand up to the gun lobby.

We must not become numb to these horrendous mass shootings. We must keep fighting.

Tom

Tom Perez
Chair
Democratic National Committee

P.S. It is up to all of us to demand action on this issue. Add your name to tell Congress
it's past time to take action to address our country's gun violence epidemic:

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