John,

On this day in 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law a Federal Assault Weapons Ban in response to multiple mass shootings carried out using semi-automatic weapons. It was clear that a crisis was brewing, and Congress stepped up to act.

But ten years later, the bill expired. Since the expiration in 2004, numerous bipartisan attempts have been made to renew this critical piece of legislation. And yet nothing has been done.

I am a co-sponsor of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019. We need to pursue common-sense policies like this in order to keep weapons of war off our streets and out of our classrooms.

Will you add your name to this petition and ask Congress to pass a new Assault Weapons Ban?

Assault weapons have become commonplace in mass shootings – and there is no doubt that these weapons make shootings more deadly. The five deadliest mass shooting incidents in the past decade all involved the use of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

A 2018 study found that mass shooting fatalities were 70 percent less likely to occur between 1994 to 2004 – when the ban was in place. The need for action is clear.

Join me in calling on Congress to pass a new Assault Weapons Ban so we can save lives.

Thank you,

-- Jahana