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Gun lobby-backed lawmakers in the Senate are doing whatever they can to pass President Trump's tax bill into law, including a provision to deregulate gun silencers, which would put countless lives in danger and make gun industry executives richer.
Friend, they're bringing this tax bill and its deadly provision to a vote in mere hours and we must flood the Senate with messages before it's too late: Urge your senators to oppose Trump’s tax bill and its deadly silencer provision NOW. >>
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Friend,
Lawmakers are trying to hide a deadly provision to deregulate gun silencers within Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill.
Silencers make mass shootings deadlier, make it harder to stop a shooting, and are used in targeted, assassination-style murders. Silencers muffle gunfire, making it difficult for people to identify and flee for safety.
What’s even scarier is that they’ve become more commonplace in the country: The amount of registered silencers increased by a staggering 84% in the last three years.
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We only have hours until the Senate will put Trump's tax bill up for a vote and that’s why I'm reaching out now: We're counting on grassroots activists to send an urgent message to Senators to tell them to oppose President Trump's Tax Bill that would deregulate silencers. >>
Send an urgent message to Senators NOW!
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Trump-loyalists pushed this bill through Congress and hid their silencer deregulation provision within it. Now, Senators want to quickly pass the tax bill with its deadly provisions, all while Trump continues to make cuts to community violence intervention programs and Medicaid programs that support many gun violence survivors.
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Deregulating gun silencers would allow anyone, including prohibited purchasers, to buy or 3D-print a gun silencer WITHOUT registration or a Brady Background Check while putting more money into the pockets of gun industry executives.
I need your help to make it clear to lawmakers that we won’t accept gun lobby handouts in exchange for our lives. Please, friend, will you tell your Senator to oppose Trump's tax bill and its deadly silencer provision?
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Thank you for taking urgent action today – you are so critical to continuing this fight.
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Christian Heyne
Gun Violence Survivor
Chief Officer, Policy & Programs
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