When I started writing this email, John, I had to look up the
updated number of mass shootings that have occurred this year since the
last time I checked only a few days ago. Because every day, that number is
changing. It’s hard to keep up, and that in and of itself is a terribly
sad fact.

As of today, we’ve faced 306 mass shootings in the past 249 days. That’s
an average of more than 1 mass shooting per day.

This is the new normal, but it wasn’t always like this. In fact, when the
federal assault weapons ban was in place from 1994 to 2004, mass shootings
dropped. Since that ban was allowed to expire in 2004 with pressure from
the NRA, mass shootings have increased 347%.

The numbers speak for themselves: the assault weapons ban worked, and it’s
time to bring it back.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name to our petition to put grassroots pressure on Congress:
bring back the assault weapons ban NOW.

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With a Democratic majority in the House, we’ve finally seen commonsense
gun reform -- like universal background checks and bans on high-capacity
magazines -- passed, only to be stalled in the Senate by Mitch McConnell
and the GOP. Democratic leaders need to keep putting pressure on the
Senate by passing more bills that will save lives, and the assault weapons
ban should be next.

A vast majority of Americans are sick and tired of witnessing tragic
violence and mass shootings on a daily basis, with zero new laws being
passed to do something -- anything -- about it.

Let’s make it clear that Democrats ARE taking action, and put more
pressure on Senate Republicans to stop sitting on their asses and pass gun
reform now.

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We can, and must, demand action on this national epidemic. Every day our
leaders fail to act, more innocent lives are lost.

Thanks,

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain, Chair
Democracy for America




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