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The House and Senate have introduced NRA-backed “national permitless concealed carry” bills which would allow people to come from other states and carry loaded weapons in public – regardless of that state’s law on concealed carry. Donald Trump has promised to sign these deadly bills into law.
Lowering the bar for who can carry concealed weapons in public makes us all less safe. Friend: Will you make it clear that the majority of Americans don’t want more concealed firearms in public spaces?
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Should people be able to undermine existing state laws and carry loaded, concealed weapons across state lines?
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Friend,
Imagine if anyone could come into your state carrying a loaded weapon in public – regardless of your existing state laws.
That’s the terrifying reality that gun lobby extremists in Congress and President Trump want, friend. Lawmakers have wasted no time in introducing dangerous national permitless concealed carry bills – meaning anyone with a concealed carry permit could travel to all 50 states with their concealed weapon regardless of that state’s law on concealed carry – and we must speak out against them before it's too late.
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We’ve fought the NRA and Trump’s deadly agenda on guns before and won – and we’re ready to do it again, but we need you with us. We’re asking gun violence prevention activists to speak out against deadly national permitless concealed carry NOW:
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Should people be able to undermine existing state laws and carry loaded, concealed weapons across state lines?
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Trump campaigned on the promise to sign a "national permitless concealed carry" law. In many cases, this means individuals can carry loaded weapons with reckless abandon, and without any requirements for training, proficiency or knowledge that this individual has ever so much as fired a weapon. Concealed carry is proven to increase gun violence — in some cases by as much as 15%.
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Friend, we are all less safe when anyone could be carrying a loaded firearm.
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The truth is that the NRA's guns everywhere agenda is not what the American people want. The majority of Americans support bipartisan, common-sense gun safety laws that save lives – Can you help us prove it? To our lawmakers: We want more lives saved, not more people carrying concealed weapons:
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Should people be able to undermine existing state laws and carry loaded, concealed weapons across state lines?
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Thanks for being in this fight with us, Friend.
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Christian Heyne
Gun Violence Survivor
Chief Officer, Policy & Programs
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